The Linguistics of Olfaction : : Typological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity.

• Superior document: Typological Studies in Language Series ; v.131
• Author: Jędrzejowski, Łukasz.
• TeilnehmendeR: Staniewski, Przemysław.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : : John Benjamins Publishing Company,, 2021.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Typological Studies in Language Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• The Linguistics of Olfaction Typological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity
• Editorial page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• Preface and acknowledgments
• List of contributors
• 1. Rendering what the nose perceives
• 1. Introduction
• 2. On the variation of olfactory terms
• 2.1 Lexical repertoires
• 2.2 Non-literal meanings
• 2.3 Morphology
• 2.4 Evidentiality
• 2.5 Diachrony
• 3. The structure of the volume
• 4. Conclusion and future directions
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• References
• 2. Why is smell special?
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Verbs of perception
• 1.2 Phenomenon-based sensory words
• 2. The neurophysiology and psychology of smell
• 3. Olfaction and language: State of the art
• 4. The semantic field of smell in Swedish
• 4.1 The basic structure
• 4.2 Conceptualization of smell as a moving entity
• 4.3 Towards a formalized model
• 5. Quantitative overview
• 6. Metaphorical and other extended uses
• 7. Talking about odors in Swedish
• 7.1 What odors are talked about
• 7.2 What situations are commented on by using an odor verb?
• 7.3 The noun lukt 'odor'
• 8. Why then is smell special?
• Abbreviations
• Electronic sources
• References
• 3. The domain of olfaction in Basque
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Olfactory expressions: The case of smell verbs in Basque
• 3. Beyond verbs: Smell nouns in Basque
• 4. The semantic scope of olfactory vocabulary
• 4.1 Physical meanings
• 4.2 Figurative meanings
• 5. Just a word on the use of olfactory vocabulary
• 6. Final remarks and future work: smell in language and culture
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Primary sources
• Dictionaries
• References
• 4. On olfactory terminology in Georgian and other Kartvelian languages
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Georgian perception verbs.
• 3. The system of olfactory terminology in Georgian and Megrelian
• 3.1 The modality of smell in Georgian
• 3.2 The modality of smell in Megrelian
• 3.3 Georgian and Megrelian olfactory terminology in a wider context
• 4. On the formation and origin of olfactive terminology in the Kartvelian languages
• 5. Concluding remarks
• Abbreviations
• Primary sources
• References
• 5. Let me count the ways it stinks
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background to 'smell languages'
• 3. Introduction to Purepecha
• 3.1 Purepecha language
• 3.2 Spatial location suffixes
• 4. Smell terms in Purepecha
• 4.1 Abstract terms
• 4.2 A matter of taste
• 4.3 Descriptive terms
• 4.4 Source-based terms
• 4.5 Generic verbs meaning 'to smell'
• 5. Historical perspective
• 6. Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• References
• 6. Olfactory, gustatory and tactile perception in Beja (North-Cushitic)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Some basic aspects of Beja morphosyntax
• 3 Olfaction
• 3.1 Organization of the lexicon
• 3.2 Syntactic constructions
• 3.3 Metaphors
• 4 Taste
• 4.1 Organization of the lexicon
• 4.2 Syntactic constructions
• 4.3 Metaphors
• 5. Touch
• 5.1 Organization of the lexicon
• 5.2 Syntactic constructions
• 5.3 Metaphors
• 6. Conclusion
• Funding
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• References
• 7. How to smell without a verb "to smell" in Fon
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Grammatical outline
• 3. Olfactory nominal expressions
• 4. Phenomenon-based constructions
• 5. Experiencer-based constructions
• 6. The olfactory activity expression
• 7. The language of love, hate and shame
• 8. Conclusion
• Abbreviations
• References
• 8. How to talk about smell in Japanese
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Core lexicon
• 3. Expanding the core
• 3.1 Collocations of basic vocabulary
• 3.1.1 kagu
• 3.1.2 niou
• 3.1.3 kusai
• 3.1.4 nioi.
• 3.1.5 kaori
• 3.1.6 Summary of collocational information
• 3.2 Morphology: -kusai
• 3.3 Sensory smell descriptors: Mimetics
• 3.3.1 pun, puun, punpun
• 3.3.2 tsun, tsuun, tsuntsun
• 3.3.3 Other mimetics: kunkun
• 3.3.4 Summary of mimetics
• 4. Beyond the core
• 4.1 Other smell verbs: kaoru
• 4.2 Other smell adjectives
• 4.3 Other smell nouns
• 4.3.1 Derived nouns in -kusasa
• 4.3.2 Complex nouns with bound roots -ga, -koo-, -shuu-
• 4.3.3 Derived nouns with suffixoid -shuu
• 5. Conclusion
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• References
• 9. An overview of olfactory expressions in Formosan languages
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background
• 2.1 Language distribution and the speakers
• 2.2 An outline of grammatical characteristics
• 2.3 Data collection
• 3. Abstract smell terms
• 3.1 Generic smell terms in Formosan languages
• 3.2 Specific smell terms in Formosan languages
• 4. Source-oriented construction
• 5. Analytical strategies
• 6. Concluding remarks
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• References
• 10. Olfactory words in northern Vanuatu
• 1. Olfaction in northern Vanuatu
• 1.1 The problem
• 1.2 The languages of northern Vanuatu
• 1.3 Data sources for the present study
• 1.4 The environment in Vanuatu
• 1.5 Two different approaches
• 1.6 The present study
• 2. A corpus-based observation of olfactory verbs
• 2.1 One central root
• 2.1.1 Verbal uses
• 2.1.2 Nominal uses
• 2.1.3 Forms derived from the same root
• 2.2 Complementary roots
• 2.2.1 Active and passive smelling
• 2.2.2 Breath, smell
• 2.3 Synthesis
• 3. Langue vs. parole: Two different approaches
• 3.1 A reduced lexical domain?
• 3.2 The apparent exception of Mota
• 4. Connotations and cultural associations of smells
• 4.1 Life and death
• 4.1.1 The smell of death
• 4.1.2 The smell of life
• 4.2 From smell to kiss.
• 4.3 The fragrance of nature
• 5. Conclusion
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• References
• 11. Alternating smell in Modern Hebrew
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The perception of smell
• 2.1 Modern Hebrew perception verbs: An overview
• 2.2 The morpho-syntactic alternation of Modern Hebrew perception verbs
• 2.3 Factivity
• 2.4 Belief formation
• 2.5 Indirect perception
• 2.6 Non-literal uses
• 2.7 An account for the alternating perception le-hariax in Modern Hebrew
• 3. Smell and taste verbs in Modern Hebrew
• 3.1 le raxreax 'to sniff out' and le hasnip̄ 'to sniff'
• 3.2 Odor emission le-hariax
• 3.3 li-t'om 'to taste'
• 4. From Biblical smell to Modern Hebrew smell
• 5. Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• References
• 12. Syntactic patterns for Romanian olfactive verbs
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Perception verbs in Romanian: short overview
• 3. Romanian olfactive verbs: the data
• 4. Matching configurations and interpretations
• 4.1 Mono-clausal configurations
• 4.2 Bi-clausal configurations
• 5. Analysis
• 5.1 Background
• 5.2 Beyond compositionality
• 5.3 Tests for [evid]
• 5.4 Typology
• 6. Conclusions
• Abbreviations
• Old Romanian texts
• References
• 13. Smelling over time
• 1. Introduction: Olfaction in culture and language
• 2. The lexicon of olfaction: Properties and organization
• 3. Latin
• 3.1 Verbs
• 3.2 Nouns
• 3.3 Adjectives
• 4. Old Italian
• 4.1 Verbs
• 4.2 Nouns
• 4.3 Adjectives
• 5. Contemporary Italian
• 5.1 Verbs
• 5.2 Nouns
• 5.3 Adjectives
• 6. Discussion and conclusions
• 6.1 The overall size of the olfactory lexicon did not change
• 6.2 There has been a shift toward the negative pole of evaluation
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Primary sources (corpora and dictionaries)
• References.
• 14. To what extent can source-based olfactory verbs be classified as copulas?
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Copula verbs
• 3. Perception verbs
• 4. Perception verbs - Copulas, semi-copulas or pseudo-copulas?
• 5. Analysis
• 5.1 Subject construction
• 5.1.1 Constructions of the type subject + source-based smell verb + adjective/adverb
• 5.1.2 Construction of the type subject + source-based smell verb
• 5.1.3 Construction of the type subject + source-based smell verb + prepositional phrase/instrumental noun phrase
• 5.2 Impersonal construction
• 6. Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• References
• 15. Typology of metaphors with the olfactory target domain in the Polish perfumery discourse
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Method
• 2.1 Corpus
• 2.2 Types of synesthetic metaphors
• 2.3 Method of analysis
• 3. Results
• 3.1 Perfumery discourse in the Synamet corpus - Statistics
• 3.2 Atypical metaphors in the corpus
• 3.2.1 Mixed metaphors
• 3.2.2 Entangled metaphors
• 3.2.3 Narrative (extended) metaphors
• 4. Discussion
• 4.1 Mixed metaphors
• 4.2 Entangled metaphors
• 4.3 Narrative (extended) metaphors
• 5. Conclusion
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Languages Index
• Subjects index.