Encoding of source in verbs of perception

[Chunhui Wang]

In Chinese, 腥臊羶香can be used as adjectives and nouns, but not verbs. Since
what we're talking about is in verbs, I don't think these Chinese words are
good examples.

Thanks.


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Randy John LaPolla (Prof) <
RandyLaPolla at ntu.edu.sg> wrote:

>  In Chinese there are at least three:
>
>  膻 (*羶*) shān 'smell like that of mutton'
> 腥 xīng 'smell like that of fish'
> 臊 sāo 'smell like that of urine or bad body odor'
>
>  And a combined expression, 腥臊羶香 xīng sāo shān xiāng, that refers to
> the smell of chicken, dog, mutton, and beef respectively.
>
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>  On Mar 18, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Steffen Haurholm-Larsen wrote:
>
>  Dear subscribers,
>
> It has been observed that such concepts as SEE, HEAR, TOUCH, TASTE and
> SMELL are in some languages encoded together in just a couple of verbs
> while other languages have more (see Åke Viberg's "Verbs of Perception" in *Language
> Typology and Universals: An International Handbook *(2001)). Furthermore,
> there may be a distinction between 'experience' and 'source' and for the
> latter, the source may be included in a peripheral NP, e.g. 'my hands smell *of
> fish*'.
>     But how common is it for the source NP to be lexically encoded in the
> verb? In Garifuna, an Arawak language spoken in Central America
> traditionally by a fishing people, there are two verbs for the emission of
> (bad) smell: *hingi*- 'stink' and *hase*- 'smell of fish'. Is it common
> for languages to encode culturally salient NP smell sources (or other
> source NPs) into verbs of perception?
>
> Best,
>
> Steffen Haurholm-Larsen
> Universität Bern
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