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A Note on the Interaction Between Predicate Semantics and Lexical Suffixes

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In many Native American languages, body part terms have semantic extensions involving location. The semantic extensions addressed in this section rest on the back/front opposition characteristic of human and animal bodies. In Salishan languages the front/back opposition is expressed by two body part lexical suffixes that reconstruct to Proto-Salish *ikn̓7n BACK, and *ən̓/nk BELLY.

Creators Mercedes Quesney Hinkson

IdentifierAW.00106

Date1997

ThemesLanguage and Linguistics

Publication DetailsUBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish Languages, 32, 244-248

KeywordsSalishan languages, semantics, lexical suffixes

GenreWorking Papers

URLhttps://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/icsnl-volumes/

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