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The Linguistics of Olfaction: Typological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity
Edited by Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Przemysław Staniewski
[Typological Studies in Language 131] 2021
► pp. 113–136

On olfactory terminology in Georgian and other Kartvelian languages

| Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society
| Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society
| Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society

The present chapter is a study of the system of olfactory expressions in Georgian, Megrelian, and other Kartvelian languages, including questions of etymology and semantic extensions. Olfactory expressions in the Kartvelian languages are explored with Viberg (1984) as a point of departure, making a division into activity, experience and copulative (source-based) expressions. The study largely relies on data from text corpora of Standard Georgian as well as Georgian dialects. The Kartvelian languages are shown to exhibit specific olfactory terminology, but show numerous examples of expressions being used in several perception modalities.

Keywords: olfactory perception, etymology, Georgian, Megrelian
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Georgian perception verbs
  • 3.The system of olfactory terminology in Georgian and Megrelian
    • 3.1The modality of smell in Georgian
    • 3.2The modality of smell in Megrelian
    • 3.3Georgian and Megrelian olfactory terminology in a wider context
  • 4.On the formation and origin of olfactive terminology in the Kartvelian languages
  • 5.Concluding remarks
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Primary sources
  • References
Published online: 26 April 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.131.04kob
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