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  • The semantics and morphosyntax of tare “hurt/pain” in Koromu (PNG): Verbal and nominal constructions

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    Priestley, Carol
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    Priestley, Carol A.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    This paper examines the words and constructions that Koromu speakers (PNG) use to talk about tare 'hurt/pain' and other painful sensations. It also reflects on links to cultural and environmental influences in daily life and key life events, environmental knowledge and traditional health care. Terms such as warike 'be/feel bad', tare 'hurt/pain', perere 'hurt, sting, cut, burn', and kaho 'ache, burn, pierce' are used in different constructions with varying emphases. These constructions are among the most typologically interesting in Koromu grammar. They are related to, but also distinct from, constructions found in other ...
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    This paper examines the words and constructions that Koromu speakers (PNG) use to talk about tare 'hurt/pain' and other painful sensations. It also reflects on links to cultural and environmental influences in daily life and key life events, environmental knowledge and traditional health care. Terms such as warike 'be/feel bad', tare 'hurt/pain', perere 'hurt, sting, cut, burn', and kaho 'ache, burn, pierce' are used in different constructions with varying emphases. These constructions are among the most typologically interesting in Koromu grammar. They are related to, but also distinct from, constructions found in other Papuan languages. They include experiencer object constructions, serial verb constructions with the grammatical valency-increasing verb here/he 'PUT', and nominal constructions with, or without, prominent noun phrase marking.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Language and Culture
    Volume
    1
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1075/ijolc.1.2.07pri
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 John Benjamins Publishing Co. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
    Anthropology
    Cultural Studies
    Linguistics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66313
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