In:Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language: An ethnolinguistic study
Svenja Völkel
[Culture and Language Use 2] 2010
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 17 November 2010
https://doi.org/10.1075/clu.2.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/clu.2.toc
Table of contents
List of maps, figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Symbols and abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Anthropological issues
Chapter 2. Social structure
Chapter 3. Land and the symbolic meaning of space
Chapter 4. Possession and gift exchange
Chapter 5. Conclusion:: Connecting remarks on social structure, space and possession
Photo illustrations
Part II. Linguistic issues
Chapter 6. Spatial descriptions
Chapter 7. A- and O-possession
Chapter 8. The language of respect
Chapter 9. Conclusions
References
Appendix 1. Question catalogue of the Niutouan inquiry (in English and Tongan)
Appendix 2. Lists of A- and O-possessed semantic categories and single items in different Polynesian languages
Appendix 3. List of A- and O-possessed semantic categories and single concrete nouns in Tongan according to Churchward (cf. 1953: 81–87)
Glossary of Tongan terms
Index
