Good evening, afternoon, or morning to you, people of r/conlangs. Today's Saturday, and that means it's time for another typological paper! Once again, there will be some prompts for you to discuss in the comments.
Red, black, and white hearts: 'heart', 'liver', and 'lungs' in typological and areal perspective (Urban)
This week's paper was again submitted by u/PyrolatrousCoagulate and talks about how different languages handle their terms for 'heart', 'liver' and 'lungs'. While there are some interesting typological observations in the paper, I leave it to you to read about it; it's fascinating, and I don't want to keep you from discovering it yourself! So, in this TyPoW you'll be able to talk about how your language handles those three designations, as well as other body part terms. Here are the prompts:
- Describe how body parts and specifically the aforementioned three organs are referred to in your language!
- Are there any colexification patterns regarding those terms in your language? Are 'heart' and 'liver' referred to by the same word?
- Are any of these designations expressed by morphologically complex terms? If so, describe the patterns behind it!
- If you considered diachrony while creating your language, describe how body part terms evolved over time!
Remember to try to comment on other people's languages
Submit your papers here!
So, that's about it for this week's edition. See you next Saturday, and happy conlanging!