Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1.Landscape and culture: An overview
1.1Introduction: mountains as brute facts?
1.2Language and culture in the landscape
1.3Landscape categories
1.4The folk picture of the world
1.5Previous landscape work
1.6A human-centred perspective
1.7The case of Australia
1.8The Natural Semantic Metalanguage
1.9Interpretation of landscape terms in this book
1.10Languages treated in this book
1.11Fieldwork
1.12Outline of this book
Chapter 2.Flowing-water places: River, Fleuve, Karu
2.1The river takes on the characteristics of the culture of which it is a part
2.2Flowing-water places in English
2.3Flowing-water places in French
2.4A long water place in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara: karu
2.5Concluding remarks
Chapter 3.Elevated places:
Mountain, Hill, Puli
3.1Do mountains exist?
3.2
Mountain and hill in English, puli in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
3.3
Mountain and mountains
3.4
Cordillera, sierra in Spanish
3.5Cliff words in English and Spanish
3.6Concluding remarks
Chapter 4.Semantics by the sea:
The beach, The coast, The shore
4.1The sea is in our being
4.2
The sea, the ocean
4.3
The beach, the seaside
4.4
The coast, the shore
4.5
Islands, peninsulas
4.6
Bays, coves
4.7Concluding remarks
Chapter 5.
Desert in Australian English and Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara eco-zones
5.1People say it’s just a desert
5.2
Desert in Australian English
5.3Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara eco-zone words – an overview
5.4
Puti eco-zone in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
5.5
Puli eco-zone in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
5.6
Pila and tali in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
5.7Concluding remarks
Chapter 6.Human intent in the landscape:
Paddocks and Meadows
6.1Modification of the environment is the essence of agriculture
6.2
Paddocks in Australian English
6.3
Meadows and fields in British English
6.4
Nyaru in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
6.5
Dams in Australian English
6.6
Tjukitji in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara
6.7Concluding remarks
Chapter 7.
The bush in Australian English
7.1The term bush has assumed great importance in the Australian lexicon
7.2
The bush across Englishes
7.3
The bush of the Australian landscape
7.4
The bush as a human domain
7.5
The bush vs. the city
7.6Concluding remarks
Chapter 8.Concluding remarks
8.1Introduction
8.2Culture in the landscape
8.3Final remarks
References
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