Embodiment in Quechua toponymy

Moreno P.L.M. · Boletin de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua (2022) · DOI: 10.46744/bapl.202201.005

Resumen

This paper analyzes the thesis of embodiment through toponymic data from the Quechua dialects of Llata (Huánuco) and Huaccana (Apurímac). We will show that the Quechua toponymic system supports this thesis, since experiences are important to generate conceptualizations about geographical points. Likewise, we will argue that, in corporealized toponymic production, the process of ontological salience (Schmid, 2007) is necessary to elaborate the names of places. In sum, based on the corporeal thesis, we will establish a line between the cultural semantic mechanisms and the universal semantic mechanisms found in Quechua toponyms. © Copyright 2022 by the Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty Society of Turkey.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos