Cognition and Andean languages

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Godenzzi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21678/apuntes.45.489

Keywords:

Peru, Andes, Quechua, Aimara, Andean world, Andean universe, symbolic world, understanding of the universe, cognition

Abstract

The Andean languages - Quechua and Aimara offers some keys to enter in the symbo/ic conceptual world of the Andes. Some semantic structures refered to the world and social praxis (pacha, yanantin, awqa, kuti, ayni, mink'a, mit'a) make transparents some schemes to organize the Andean world: complementarian coexistence, division, encounter of oposites and inversion; symetric, asysmetric and recursive reciprocity. At the same time, the context and day to day experiencies of people in the Andes are the basis of metaphorical ways to build the understanding of the universe.

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Published

1999-10-13

How to Cite

Godenzzi, J. C. (1999). Cognition and Andean languages. Apuntes. Social Sciences Journal, (45), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.21678/apuntes.45.489

Issue

Apuntes 45

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