ANIMACY AND AGENCY IN CONSTRUCTIONS OF QUECHUA TOPONYMY OF AURAHUÁ-CHUPAMARCA: A COGNITIVE APPROACH
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https://doi.org/10.15381/escrypensam.v18i37.13693Keywords:
Quechua toponymy, Aurahua-Chupamarca, animacy, agency, cognitive linguistics.Abstract
In this article, we deal with formal aspects (i.e., morphology) and conceptualization (i.e., semantics) in animacy and agency, two evidentiable processes in Quechua toponymy of Aurahuá-Chupamarca. In the analysis we rely on theoretical assumptions of cognitive linguistics; specifically on the theoretical proposals of Yamamoto (2006), Lakoff and Johnson (2003), Lakoff and Turner (1989) and Langacker (1987, 2008). On the one hand, the results let us show the different kinds of morphological structures used in animacy and agency in the abovementioned toponymy. Secondly, they let us distinguish these processes and let us propose them as cognitive mechanisms responsible for naming the geographical entities in the immediate space environment of Quechua speaking people.
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