[Lexicog] palm trees

[Chaz Mortensen]

Ron,

In N. Embera there is no cover term for "palm" although there are  
lots of kinds of palm. Palms are considered trees. I can think of  
seven kinds off the top of my head, not including imported ornamentals.

-Chaz

On May 18, 2009, at 9:11 PM, Wayne Leman wrote:

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>
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> Yeah, Ron, and are bushes plants or trees? How about willow trees  
> which are basically bushes? I'm glad that you emphasized working  
> with an indigenous semantic taxonomy. It is too easy for us to fall  
> into the trap of trying to apply one of several kinds of semantic  
> taxonomies to lexical work. And, of course, as soon as indigenous  
> peoples are exposed to Western "science" in school, that begins to  
> affect their semantic taxonomies. We will never run out of  
> complications in lexicography!
>
> Wayne
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> 

Chaz Mortensen
chaz_mortensen at sil.org



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