Uto-Aztecan Maize Agriculture: A Linguistic Puzzle from Southern California

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Anthropological Linguistics Pub Date : 2018-01-09 DOI:10.1353/ANL.2017.0000

JANE H. Hill, W. L. Merrill

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Abstract

Abstract:The hypothesis that the members of the Proto–Uto-Aztecan speech community were maize farmers is premised in part on the assumption that a Proto–Uto-Aztecan etymon for 'maize' can be reconstructed; this implies that cognates with maize-related meanings should be attested in languages in both the Northern and Southern branches of the language family. A Proto–Southern Uto-Aztecan etymon for 'maize' is reconstructible, but the only potential cognate for these terms documented in a Northern Uto-Aztecan language is a single Gabrielino word. However, this word cannot be identified definitively as cognate with the Southern Uto-Aztecan terms for 'maize'; consequently, the existence of a Proto–Uto-Aztecan word for 'maize' cannot be postulated.

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乌托阿兹特克玉米农业：来自南加州的语言难题

摘要：Proto-Uto-Aztecan语言社区的成员是玉米农民的假设部分是基于这样的假设，即可以重建“玉米”的Proto-Uto Aztecan etymon；这意味着与玉米相关的同源词应该在语系的南北分支的语言中得到证实。“玉米”的Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan etymon是可以重建的，但在北方Uto-Aztecan语言中记录的这些术语的唯一潜在同源词是一个Gabrielino词。然而，这个词不能被确定为与南方乌托阿兹特克语中“玉米”的同源词；因此，阿兹特克语中“玉米”一词的存在是无法假设的。

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Anthropological Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Anthropological Linguistics, a quarterly journal founded in 1959, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the languages and cultures of the peoples of the world, especially the native peoples of the Americas. Embracing the field of language and culture broadly defined, the editors welcome articles and research reports addressing cultural, historical, and philological aspects of linguistic study, including analyses of texts and discourse; studies of semantic systems and cultural classifications; onomastic studies; ethnohistorical papers that draw significantly on linguistic data; studies of linguistic prehistory and genetic classification.