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dc.contributor.authorBaker, Bretten
local.source.editorEditor(s): Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzosen
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-18T16:38:00Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.citationMental States: Language and cognitive structure, v.2, p. 239-265en
dc.identifier.isbn9789027231031en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2236-
dc.description.abstractAmong Indigenous Australian folk taxonomic systems, we find two general characteristics. Firstly, the great majority of botanical names refer to species, while genera remain unnamed. I argue that this fact follows from the unique structure of the Australian flora, which is dominated by species from just a few very large genera. The importance of this fact has hitherto not been recognised by ethnobiological systematics. Secondly, taxonomic names are simple, monomorphemic ("monomial") names. Moreover, the binomial names characteristic of folk generics elsewhere are not permitted in most Australian languages. Both these characteristics are difficult to reconcile with the universals of folk taxonomy proposed by Berlin and associates (Berlin, Breedlove & Raven 1973; Berlin 1992).en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Companyen
dc.relation.ispartofMental States: Language and cognitive structureen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in Language Companion Seriesen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titleEthnobiological classification and the environment in Northern Australiaen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsLinguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.contributor.firstnameBretten
local.subject.for2008200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.subject.seo2008970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Cultureen
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086376607en
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.emailbbaker2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:5568en
local.publisher.placeAmsterdam, Netherlandsen
local.identifier.totalchapters15en
local.format.startpage239en
local.format.endpage265en
local.series.number93en
local.identifier.volume2en
local.contributor.lastnameBakeren
dc.identifier.staffune-id:bbaker2en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:2308en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleEthnobiological classification and the environment in Northern Australiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%2093en
local.relation.urlhttp://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an42712161en
local.relation.urlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=YU10L5mFTA4C&lpg=PA281&dq=9789027231031&pg=PA241en
local.search.authorBaker, Bretten
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local.year.published2007en
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