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Metaphors we hear by: an investigation into the sound language in P’urhepecha
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Autore: Tommaso Marangoni
Relatore: Massimo Simone Cerruti
Università: Università degli Studi di Torino
Facoltà: Dipartimento Studi umanistici
Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Scienze linguistiche
Data di Discussione: 08/07/2026
Voto: 110 cum laude
Disciplina: Linguistica
Tipo di Tesi: Ricerca
Altri Relatori: Kate Bellamy (Univerità di Leiden, NL)
Lingua: Inglese
Grande Area: Area Umanistica
Dignità di Stampa: Si
Descrizione:
This thesis builds on a corpus of data gathered during a fieldtrip to the P’urhepecha territory in Michoacán (Mexico), conducted in the summer of 2025. Its nature is fundamentally empirical, and the aim is to further deepen our understanding of human language through the investigation of lesser-known, indigenous languages, such as P’urhepecha (isolate, Mexico). The analysis presented here originates from the necessity to fill a gap in the status of research on sensory linguistics in P’urhepecha. Although the broad focus is on the perceptual domain of sound, the present inquiry represents an initial approach to a comprehensive investigation of the sound language in P’urhepecha (cf. Section 4). The study of sensory linguistics is crucial for our understanding of the relationship between language, culture, and cognition. By adding data from non-Western linguacultures, the basis for general claims in this domain broadens, and stronger conclusions can be drawn. Additionally, some of the mai ...