ELL: figurative typology

[Lucas Husgen]

Dear Stephanie Ball,
and this is the response for Dutch

Lucas Husgen

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Stephanie Ball wrote:

> Fellow Linguists,
>
> I am a fourth year honours student studying linguistics at the University
> of Alberta (Canada).  For my thesis, I'm conducting a typological study of
> the way in which terms for minor body and bodily effluvia are lexicalized,
> expanding on the work done by David Wilkins (1996) in similar semantic
> domains.  I am especially interested in which terms have a monomorphemic
or
> literal gloss and which are multimorphemic and/or figurative. If you are a
> native speaker of a language other than English or have access to such a
> person, or if you have lexical information for these forms, would you mind
> taking the time to complete my lists with forms specific to your language
> (this would involve supplying 36 forms and glosses)?  I need both the form
> and the literal gloss, if there is one. If you would like to also provide
a
> morphological parse or additional comments, these would be greatly
> appreciated as well. Please print out the lists below, download them from
my
> website ( www.ualberta.ca/~sball ), or contact me by email to request a
copy
> directly (sball at ualberta.ca); then email, fax, or send me your completed
> lists by March 10th, 2001 (my thesis is due March 31st).  If you are
> interested in more information about my project, I would be happy to send
it
> to you. I will post my results in April or May; please check my website
for
> details.  Thank-you for your time and consideration!
>
> Stephanie Ball
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, AB T6G 2E7
> CANADA
> email: sball at ualberta.ca
> FAX:  +780/492-0806
>
> List One:  Minor Body Parts
>
> concept: anus
> form: anus
> literal gloss: anus
>
> concept: ankle
> form: enkel
> literal gloss:ankle
>
> concept: bellybutton
> form:navel
> literal gloss: none, at least not at all comparable to 'bellybutton'
>
> concept: bone
> form:bot
> literal gloss:'bone'
>
> concept: bruise
> form:kneuzing
> literal gloss:having been bruised
>
> concept: earlobe
> form:oorlel
> literal gloss:ear+lobe
>
> concept: gall bladder
> form:galblaas
> literal gloss:'gall bladder'
>
> concept: knee (cap)
> form:knie
> literal gloss:'knee'
>
> concept: knuckle
> form:knokkel
> literal gloss:'knuckle'
>
> concept: muscle
> form:spier
> literal gloss:muscle
>
> concept: finger/toe nail
> form:vinger/teennagel
> literal gloss:'finger/toe nail'
>
> concept: nipple
> form:tepel
> literal gloss:'nipple'
>
> concept: nostril
> form:neusgat
> literal gloss:nose+hole
>
> concept: pupil
> form:pupil
> literal gloss:pupil
>
> concept: skin
> form:huid
> literal gloss:'skin'
>
> concept: wrist
> form:pols
> literal gloss:wrist
> List Two:  Bodily Effluvia
>
> concept: afterbirth
> form:nageboorte
> literal gloss:'after+birth'
>
> concept: bile
> form:'gal'
> literal gloss:gall
>
> concept: blood
> form:bloed
> literal gloss:blood
>
> concept: breast milk
> form:moedermelk
> literal gloss:'mother+milk'
>
> concept: drool
> form:kwijl
> literal gloss:'drool'
>
> concept: earwax
> form:oorsmeer
> literal gloss:'ear+oil/dirt'
>
> concept: eye "sand" or "sleep"
> form:slaapoogjes
> literal gloss: sleepy eyes (diminutive)
>
> concept: fart
> form: scheet
> literal gloss:fart
>
> concept: feces
> form:stront
> literal gloss:feces
>
> concept: menstrual blood
> form:menstruatiebloed
> literal gloss: menstrual blood
>
> concept: nasal mucus ("snot")
> form:snot
> literal gloss: 'snot'
>
> concept: nasal blood
> form:neusbloeding
> literal gloss: nasal bleeding
>
> concept: naval peelings ("bellybutton lint")
> form:???
> literal gloss:'naval peelings'
>
> concept: pus
> form:pus
> literal gloss: pus
>
> concept: saliva
> form:speeksel
> literal gloss:saliva
>
> concept: semen/sperm
> form:sperma
> literal gloss:sperma
>
> concept: sweat
> form:zweet
> literal gloss: sweat
>
> concept: tears
> form:tranen
> literal gloss:tears
>
> concept: urine
> form:urine
> literal gloss:urine
>
> concept: vomit
> form:braaksel
> literal gloss:vomiting
>
>
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