Aung Si

Broschiertes Buch

The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega

A Linguistic Perspective

Beschreibung

This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief system, derived from cultural norms, regarding the relationships between humans and other species on the one hand, and between non-human species on the other. As language-based studies are strongly biased toward investigations of ethno-taxonomy and nomenclature, the importance of studying TEK in its proper context is discussed as making context and encyclopedic knowledge the objects of study are essential for a proper understanding of TEK.

Autor

Dr. Aung Si McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow University of Melbourne School of Languages and Linguistics Babel Building 139 Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia

Produktdetails

• Ethnobiology
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-79657-4
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9783319796574
• ISBN-10: 3319796577
• Artikelnr.: 54779551

Rezensionen

"The writing style is accessible to a broad audience, and it fills a gap in the linguistics literature on Solega language. More importantly, the book contains significant considerations for documentary linguistics as our field increasingly embraces the documentation of TEK as part of our regular practice." (Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker and Lucia Miller, Language Documentation & Conservation, Vol. 12, 2018)