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Maricopa foods: a native taxonomic system
International journal of American linguistics • 34 (1) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 16-20
By: Frisch, Jack A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a discussion of how foods are classified, beginning with the Maricopa distinction between "anything that is edible or [n]čamač[/n] (food)" and "things that are not edible." Within the domain of [n]čamač[/n], the Maricopa identify a number of additional categories, defined both syntactically and semantically. The central argument is that these categories are lexical sets that are mutually exclusive, contrasting at the same level of classification. [n]Čamač[/n] includes, at the next lower level, items defined by the verb form they take in a sentence. The author elaborates this distinction by discussing the layers of meanings the Maricopa attribute to the phrase "I am eating." A similar distinction is noted to occur in Navajo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Diet
- Eating
- Ethnobotany
- Food preparation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maricopa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gila River and Salt River Reservations, Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jack A. Frisch
- Published at Waverly Press by Indiana University, under the auspices of the Linguist Society of America, American Anthropological Association with the cooperation of the Conference on American Indian Languages
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 22009284
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Maricopa Indians