Rara #97
Legacy number: 97
| Number | 97 |
| Phenomenon | verbs of cognition (especially 'to think, know, remember' – more precisely, non-communicative cognition, as opposed to cognition based on communication, such as 'to understand') polysemous or heterosemous with, and historically deriving from, verbs of hearing rather than of seeing |
| Found in | widespread among Australian lgs [an infrequentale? – No: Kaurna and Arrernte have 'see' > 'know, think']; Hausa (Chadic, Afroasiatic) (?); Ommura ("Papuan") (?); Suya (Ge, Ge-Pano-Carib) (?) |
| Domain | semantics — polysemy |
| Type | rarum |
| Keywords | verbs of cognition and perception |
| Source | Sweetser, Eve (1990). From Etymology to Pragmatics: Metaphorical and Cultural Aspects of Semantic Structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Evans, Nicholas & David Wilkins (2000). In the mind's ear: The semantic extensions of perception verbs in Australian languages. Language 76: 546-592. |
| Violates | not yet in UA |
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