Journal article
Landscape categories in Yindjibarndi: Ontology, environment, and language
Spatial Information Theory. Foundations of Geographic Information Science, Vol.2825, pp.28-45
2003
Abstract
This paper describes categories for landscape elements in the language of the Yindjibarndi people, a community of Indigenous Australians. Yindjibarndi terms for topographic features were obtained from dictionaries, and augmented and refined through discussions with local language experts in the Yindjibarndi community. In this paper, the Yindjibarndi terms for convex landforms and for water bodies are compared to English-language terms used to describe the Australian landscape, both in general terms and in the AUSLIG Gazetteer. The investigation found fundamental differences between the two conceptual systems at the basic level, supporting the notion that people from different places and cultures may use different categories for geographic features.
Details
- Title
- Landscape categories in Yindjibarndi: Ontology, environment, and language
- Authors/Creators
- D.M. Mark (Author/Creator) - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkA.G. Turk (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Spatial Information Theory. Foundations of Geographic Information Science, Vol.2825, pp.28-45
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005543524407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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