SIL Electronic Working Papers
SILEWP 2003-005
- Author:
Karl J. Franklin
Title: Some Kewa Metaphors: Body Parts as Automobile Parts
Language: Tok Pisin, Kewa
Country: Papua New Guinea
Subjects: metaphor
Abstract:
Paper: PDF (586 kb, 8 pages)The Kewa people of the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, saw their first vehicle in 1960. This article demonstrates their creativeness in using metaphors that draw upon body part names and associating those names with certain parts of vehicles.
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