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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Ethnozoology"”.
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Nouns and classificatory verbs in Enga (New Guinea) : a semantic study
… of Enga nouns. Since studies "of any sort in ethnozoology are rare" (Sturtevant 1964:120), I felt that this would provide a contribution to a neglected domain. The elicitation of semantic features of the animate nouns provided the first evidence of the Enga existential verbs: any noun elicited …
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Nouns and classificatory verbs in Enga (New Guinea) : a semantic study
… of Enga nouns. Since studies "of any sort in ethnozoology are rare" (Sturtevant 1964:120), I felt that this would provide a contribution to a neglected domain. The elicitation of semantic features of the animate nouns provided the first evidence of the Enga existential verbs: any noun elicited …
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Animal names and categorisation in the Hebrew Bible : a textual and cognitive approach
The subject matter of this study is animal names in the Hebrew Bible. Centring on a corpus-linguistic analysis of every word for an animal or type of animal used within the text, it sheds light on the methods and paradigms of categorisation used by the ancient Hebrews and thus on previously unknown …
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Exploring representations of, and attitudes towards, snakes in online media: an ethnozoological approach
Ethnozoological assessments of human cultural associations with different animal groups are useful for conservation planning and wildlife public education programs. Vicarious learning can impact human attentional biases and fear acquisition associated with snakes; the portrayals of snakes across …