Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. List of tables ix
5. List of maps xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
8. Part 1. Time, space, and language
9. Chapter 2. The cultural, linguistic and cognitive relativity of time concepts 30
10. Chapter 3. A cautious approach to spatial orientation in Tima 49
11. Chapter 4. Mouths, tongues, and ears 83
12. Chapter 5. Notes on glottonyms and ethnonyms in Ethiopian languages 104
13. Part 2. Personhood, sociality, and naming
14. Chapter 6. Conceptions of the make-up of a human person in Ewe 136
15. Chapter 7. Utu as epistemology and conviviality in Kiswahili culture 177
16. Chapter 8. “They look hostile from afar” 202
17. Chapter 9. Kin-relational expressions of the Tima (Nuba Mountains, Sudan) 223
18. Chapter 10. Tagoi birth names 253
19. Part 3. Perception and classification
20. Chapter 11. Catching and classifying fish among the Dwang 278
21. Chapter 12. Perception and expression of color among the Wolof of Senegal 306
22. Chapter 13. “Show your feelings!” 331
23. Chapter 14. Verbal lexicalization and cultural domains in Toposa 367
24. Part 4. Sociocultural dimensions of discourse structure
25. Chapter 15. Tail-head linkage in Upper Guinea Coast languages 394
26. Chapter 16. On politeness and taboo among the Zande 425
27. Chapter 17. The narrative of a witness 453
28. Index 479