Landscape in Language
Transdisciplinary perspectives
Editors
Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of various disciplines such as anthropologists, geographers, information scientists, linguists, and philosophers address several questions, including: Are there cross-cultural and cross-linguistic variations in the delimitation, classification, and naming of geographic features? Can alternative world-views and conceptualizations of landscape be used to produce culturally-appropriate Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? Topics included: ontology of landscape; landscape terms and concepts; toponyms; spiritual aspects of land and landscape terms; research methods; ethical dimensions of the research; and its potential value to indigenous communities involved in this type of research.
[Culture and Language Use, 4] 2011. xiii, 449 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Foreword | pp. ix–x
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Preface | pp. xi–xiii
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Landscape in language: An introductionDavid M. Mark, Andrew G. Turk, Niclas Burenhult and David Stea | pp. 1–24
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EthnophysiographyAndrew G. Turk, David M. Mark and David Stea | pp. 25–45
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Exploring philosophy of place: Potential for synergy between phenomenology and ethnophysiographyAndrew G. Turk | pp. 47–72
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Embedded in place: ‘Mirror knowledge’ and ‘simultaneous landscapes’ among MāoriBrian Murton | pp. 73–100
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Philosophical issues in ethnophysiography: Landform terms, disciplinarity, and the question of methodBruce B. Janz | pp. 101–119
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‘Land’ and life: Ethnoecology and ethnogeography as complementary approaches to the analyses of landscape perceptionChris Duvall | pp. 121–141
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Landscape in Western Pantar, a Papuan outlier of southern IndonesiaGary Holton | pp. 143–166
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Hawaiian storied place names: Re-placing cultural meaningRenee Pualani Louis | pp. 167–186
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Between the trees and the tides: Inuit ways of discriminating space in a coastal and boreal landscapeScott A. Heyes | pp. 187–223
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Differing conceptualizations of the same landscape: The Athabaskan and Eskimo language boundary in AlaskaGary Holton | pp. 225–237
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A case study in Ahtna Athabascan geographic knowledgeJames Kari | pp. 239–260
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Revitalizing place names through stories and songsSusan Paskvan | pp. 261–274
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Language and landscape among the TlingitThomas F. Thornton | pp. 275–289
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Language, landscape and ethnoecology, reflections from northwestern CanadaLeslie Main Johnson | pp. 291–326
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Landscape embedded in language: The Navajo of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, and their named placesStephen C. Jett | pp. 327–342
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Navajo landscape and its contextsCamelita Topaha | pp. 343–351
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Navigating regional landscapes with Jicarilla personal narrativeElizabeth M. Lynch | pp. 353–368
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Ontology of landscape in languageWerner Kuhn | pp. 369–379
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The role of geospatial technologies for integrating landscape in language: Geographic Information Systems and the Cree of northern QuebecRenée Sieber and Christopher Wellen | pp. 381–393
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Classifying landscape characterLars Brabyn and David M. Mark | pp. 395–409
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Perspectives on the ethical conduct of landscape in language researchAndrew G. Turk and David M. Mark | pp. 411–434
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Notes on contributors | pp. 435–441
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Index | pp. 443–449
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General