Namibia: From Utility To Perceptual Salience: Cultural, Lexical, And Conceptual Change In The ...

Namibia: From Utility To Perceptual Salience: Cultural, Lexical, And Conceptual Change In The Southern Kalahari Landscape Gertrud Boden, 2009   This article presents a model of the southern Kalahari landscape that in the past gave clues for orientation and usability to Taa-speaking hunter-gatherers. Lexical and conceptual changes are detected with respect to what was formerly the most important landform for survival: pans as water sources and sites suitable for camping and foraging. A...

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