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Hopi semantics
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 9 • Published In 1979 • Pages: 581-586
By: Voegelin, Carl F., Voegelin, Florence, Masayesva Jeanne, Laverne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In his analysis of Hopi semantics in 1940, Benjamin Lee Whorf, a noted linguist, spoke of the language in terms of what he called “linguistic relativity,” a phrase used to refer to Hopi as a language clearly differentiated from English, for example, in the “language-particular” aspect of its semantic structure. This concept, challenged by the bolder question of whether or not there exists for all natural languages a shared semantic core that is language-universal rather than language-particular, is the main thrust of discussion in this source. The author's examination of the above hypothesis involves a detailed study of Hopi grammatical elements and their integration into the Whorfian scheme of semantic analysis.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grammar
- Semantics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopi pueblos, First, Second, and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carl F. Voegelin, Florence F. Voegelin and Laverne Masayesva Jeanne
- Bibliographical references in 37: Brew, pp. 625-678
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians