South America: Ethnobiological Classification In Two Indigenous Languages Of The Gran Chaco Region - Toba (Guaycuruan) And Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)

South America: Ethnobiological Classification In Two Indigenous Languages Of The Gran Chaco Region - Toba (Guaycuruan) And Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan)   Cristina Messineo, and Paola Cúneo, 2011   This article examines the linguistic devices involved in the classification of nouns referring to the plant and animal world in two languages of the Gran Chaco area: Toba (Guaycuruan) and Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan). Drawing on previous studies of nominal classification in these languages, it...

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