The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega A Linguistic Perspective
8 linguistic data: that the categories that subjects are able to construct in experimental situations because of shared human co ...
9 Another reason to be suspicious of the assumption, that a category that can be created is a category that is normally relevant ...
10 a situation freed from the usual contexts that speakers of Language L might encoun- ter on a regular basis. Indeed, the possi ...
11 hoc categories described earlier.^2 This applies not only to covert groupings of ‘folk generics ’ (which Berlin labels ‘inter ...
12 One way to ensure that folk taxa are described in ways that are relevant to the speech community is to ensure that the contex ...
13 ecosystems (i.e., forest or landscape types) are also linked, in the minds of the Solega, by a network of processes and inter ...
14 and this variability can take the form of (at least) phonological, syntactical and lexical differences between individuals [ ...
15 plants and animals are embedded. Using semi- naturalistic speech data (semi- naturalistic, in that the data were obtained thr ...
16 These barriers are probably still as valid for linguistic research today as they were in 1972, but linguists are increasingly ...
17 The inclusion of naturalistic speech is essential when asking “ how ” questions in ethnobiological research (such as “ How do ...
18 Q1: What’s that? A1: That’s a Greater Bamboo Lemur. (‘specifi c’/’varietal’) (A biologist leading a group of nature lovers on ...
19 Solega language as a “ a vehicle of communication in everyday life ”. Such an approach, coupled with the presentation of tran ...
20 of, and interactions with, one highly signifi cant natural resource that the forest pro- vides: honeybees and their honey. Th ...
21 The name of the wildlife sanctuary derives from the presence of an ancient tem- ple to the god Rangaswamy or Ranganatha (alte ...
22 The umbrella term ‘Solega’ can actually be applied to two quite different ethnic groups, each with its own language and custo ...
23 and a heated wildlife conservation debate (see Sect. 1.7.10 for a more detailed account). Certain aspects of Solega tradition ...
24 periods. Nowadays, council members are still shown the required amount of def- erence at festivals and other formal occasions ...
25 should a family possess any. Solega of both sexes seek employment as labourers or farm-hands in nearby coffee estates, constr ...
26 is entirely likely that many Solega families, especially those living away from roads and other infrastructure, frequently st ...
27 1.7.8 Socio-economic Situation The 2001 Census of India reported that out of a total of 3.4 million individuals rec- ognised ...
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