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Record #201872:
'Sno myth / David Robson.
Title: | 'Sno myth / David Robson. |
Author(s): | Robson, David. |
Date: | 2012. |
Publisher: | [London]: [New Scientist] |
Abstract: | Confirms Franz Boas's observation in 1911 that Eskimo peoples have large number of words for "snow". Explains how polysynthesis in Eskimo languages contributes to lexical variety. |
Notes: | Detached from: New Scientist. Vol. 216, no. 2897. |
Keywords: | 81 -- Linguistics and languages. 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo. 551.578.4 -- Ice needles, sleet, falling snow and graupel. 811.562 -- Inuit languages. S -- Literature and Language. (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-PAM: (*3) : 39[Eskimo][R] |
SPRI record no.: | 201872 |
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