Neologisms in Nahuatl

[Gordon Whittaker]

Nicca nahuatlatoquee!

Has anyone perchance got a word for bicycle or a verb for using one in any
Nahuatl dialect? And, while I'm at it, does anyone know anything about the
manner in which neologisms for technological items like televisions and
computers enter the literature? I often have the feeling that lists
containing such words include items invented by the author of the wordlist
and not necessarily used by anyone else. I'm interested in anything
connected to this theme, especially if a debate in a community or politics
is involved. Thanks in advance!

Best,
Gordon Whittaker

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Gordon Whittaker
Professor
Linguistische Anthropologie und Altamerikanistik
Seminar fuer Romanische Philologie
Universitaet Goettingen
Humboldtallee 19
37073 Goettingen
Germany
tel./fax (priv.): ++49-5594-89333
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