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Ethnobiological Classification in Two Indigenous Language of Chaco: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)
No full textThis article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it analyzes how derivational morphology and nominal composition are used as mechanisms in categorizing the natural world in the formation of ethnobotanical and ethnozoological lexicon. The article contributes to the typology of nominal classification in general and in particular to that of the indigenous languages of the Gran Chaco region.Fil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras; ArgentinaFil: Cúneo, Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin
Ethnobiological Classification in Two Indigenous Language of Chaco: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)
No full textThis article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it analyzes how derivational morphology and nominal composition are used as mechanisms in categorizing the natural world in the formation of ethnobotanical and ethnozoological lexicon. The article contributes to the typology of nominal classification in general and in particular to that of the indigenous languages of the Gran Chaco region.Fil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras; ArgentinaFil: Cúneo, Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin
Indexación y sistemas de alineamiento en maká (mataco-mataguayo)
Get PDFSe examinan los sistemas de alineamiento en el contexto de la indexación de persona en maká, lengua chaqueña de la familia mataco-mataguaya. La lengua no presenta un único sistema de alineamiento, sino que este varía de acuerdo con la valencia verbal, la configuración fonemática de los índices pronominales y la locación de los mismos en la raíz verbal. Además de un alineamiento nominativo-acusativo, se reconoce uno inactivo y un sistema jerárquico de persona para los verbos típicamente transitivos. En construcciones ditransitivas, el maká exhibe un patrón de escisión de P por medio del cual los verbos transitivos típicos presentan un alineamiento secundativo; mientras que en los verbos de baja transitividad, el alineamiento es indirectivo (Haspelmath, 2007).The paper explores the alignment systems in the context of indexing in Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan), a language from Gran Chaco region. The language does not exhibit a unique alignment system but has several according to the verbal valence, the phonemic configuration of person indexes, and its location in the verbal root. In addition to a nominative-accusative alignment, this work recognizes an inactive and a hierarchical system for typically transitive verbs. In the context of ditransitive constructions, the language exhibits a pattern of split-P in which the typical transitive verbs have a secundative alignment; while in low-transitivity verbs, the alignment is indirective (Haspelmath, 2007).Fil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Body parts in Toba: from the biological to the emotional domain
No full textThis chapter examines different patterns of lexicalization of body-part terms and their use in the linguistic expression of emotions in Toba/Qom¹ (Guaycuruan), a language of the Gran Chaco region in South America. Terms referring to both external (visible) and internal (not visible) body parts in Toba/Qom occur in idiomatic expressions which denote attributes, states, and human behavior related to emotions and cognition. These expressions, which belong to the lexical inventory of the language, show rather fixed and regular syntactic patterns, including transitive, intransitive, descriptive, and existential predicates. All cases consist of figurative expressions in which the condition or the literal behavior of the body part suggests a condition or figurative behavior of the person. Some of these expressions coexist in their extended version with their reduced internal structure, so that both are available at the same time for speakers. This kind of word formation is a dynamic process that allows the enriching of the available resources for a particular semantic field, such as emotions.Fil: Cúneo, Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin
Lenguas indígenas en la escuela: Una mirada retrospectiva a la educación intercultural bilingüe en la provincia del Chaco (Argentina)
Get PDFEl artículo revisa las políticas de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe en el Chaco (Argentina) entre 1987 y 2016. Se analizan dos momentos vinculados con el marco legal y el tratamiento de las lenguas indígenas en la escuela. Primero, la visibilización de la diversidad etnolingüística, las demandas de alfabetización bilingüe y el rol del maestro indígena. Segundo, el plurilingüismo, la interculturalidad y el acceso de los indígenas a los niveles educativos superiores se tornan cuestiones relevantes. El proceso va acompañado de un giro en la situación sociolingüística de los pueblos indígenas que reclaman una escuela involucrada en la revitalización de sus lenguas.O artigo examina as políticas de Educação Intercultural Bilíngue no Chaco (Argentina) entre 1987 e 2016. São analisados dois momentos vinculados com o marco legal e o tratamento das línguas indígenas na escola. Primeiro, a visibilização da diversidade etnolinguística, as demandas de alfabetização bilíngue e o papel do professor indígena. Segundo, o plurilinguismo, a interculturalidade e o acesso dos indígenas aos níveis educativos superiores tornam-se questões relevantes. O processo vai unido a uma mudança de direção na situação sociolínguistica dos povos indígenas que demandam uma escola envolvida na revitalização de suas línguas.This article examines the policies of Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Chaco Province (Argentina) between 1987 and 2016. Two moments re lated to the legal framework and the treatment of indigenous languages in the school are analyzed. First, the visibility of ethnolinguistic diversity, the demands of bilingual literacy and the role of the indigenous teacher. Second, multilingualism, interculturality and indigenous access to higher education levels become relevant issues. The process is accompanied by a change in the sociolinguistic situation of indigenous peoples who claim a school involved in the revitalization of their languages.Fil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin
A life devoted to “the word”: The linguistic legacy of Albert and Lois Buckwalter in the Chaco evangelical project
Get PDFEste artículo aborda el proyecto lingüístico del matrimonio de misionerosmenonitas formado por Albert Buckwalter y Lois Litwiller Buckwalter en elChaco argentino. Se basa en fuentes inéditas, en entrevistas personales a LoisL. Buckwalter y en publicaciones de ambos. La labor de la traducción de la Bibliaa los idiomas toba, mocoví y pilagá, así como también las decisiones en tornoa la elaboración de alfabetos, vocabularios y notas gramaticales, fueron consistentescon el saber lingüístico académico de la época y parte integral de suproyecto evangelizador. Dicha tarea se enmarca en el contexto de un cambiogeneral de paradigma vinculado al creciente rol de la antropología y la lingüísticaen la formación de los misioneros. El trabajo destaca también el aporte deltrabajo del matrimonio Buckwalter a la lingüística chaqueña actual.This article focuses on the linguistic project of the Mennonite missionary couple of Albert Buckwalter and Lois Litwiller Buckwalter in the Argentine Chaco. The analysis is based on unpublished sources as well as personal interviews with Lois L. Buckwalter and publications by both. The work of translating the Bible into the Toba, Mocoví and Pilagá languages as well as the decisions regarding the elaboration of alphabets, vocabularies and grammatical notes were consistent with the academic linguistic knowledge of the time, and an integral part of their evangelizing project. This task is framed in the context of a general paradigm shift linked to the growing role of anthropology and linguistics in the formation of missionaries. The study also highlights the contribution that the work of the Buckwalter couple represents for current Chaco linguistics.Fil: Altman, Agustina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A life devoted to “the word”: The linguistic legacy of Albert and Lois Buckwalter in the Chaco evangelical project
Get PDFEste artículo aborda el proyecto lingüístico del matrimonio de misionerosmenonitas formado por Albert Buckwalter y Lois Litwiller Buckwalter en elChaco argentino. Se basa en fuentes inéditas, en entrevistas personales a LoisL. Buckwalter y en publicaciones de ambos. La labor de la traducción de la Bibliaa los idiomas toba, mocoví y pilagá, así como también las decisiones en tornoa la elaboración de alfabetos, vocabularios y notas gramaticales, fueron consistentescon el saber lingüístico académico de la época y parte integral de suproyecto evangelizador. Dicha tarea se enmarca en el contexto de un cambiogeneral de paradigma vinculado al creciente rol de la antropología y la lingüísticaen la formación de los misioneros. El trabajo destaca también el aporte deltrabajo del matrimonio Buckwalter a la lingüística chaqueña actual.This article focuses on the linguistic project of the Mennonite missionary couple of Albert Buckwalter and Lois Litwiller Buckwalter in the Argentine Chaco. The analysis is based on unpublished sources as well as personal interviews with Lois L. Buckwalter and publications by both. The work of translating the Bible into the Toba, Mocoví and Pilagá languages as well as the decisions regarding the elaboration of alphabets, vocabularies and grammatical notes were consistent with the academic linguistic knowledge of the time, and an integral part of their evangelizing project. This task is framed in the context of a general paradigm shift linked to the growing role of anthropology and linguistics in the formation of missionaries. The study also highlights the contribution that the work of the Buckwalter couple represents for current Chaco linguistics.Fil: Altman, Agustina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Messineo, Maria Cristina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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