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1、6ProlegomenatoaKilivilagrammarofspaceGunterSenft6.1IntroductionThischapterpresentspreliminaryremarksonsomeofthecentrallinguisticmeansspeakersofKilivilauseinexpressingtheirconceptionsofspace,thatis,forreferringtoobjects,personsandeventsinspace.1Afterabriefcharac-te
2、rizationofthelanguageanditsspeakers,thechaptersketcheshowspecifictopologicalrelationsareencoded,howmotioneventsaredescribedandwhatframesofspatialreferencearepreferredinwhatcontextsforwhatmeansandends.Thepaperendswithasummaryofthemajorpatternsintopology,motionandfra
3、mesofreferences,andwithaprogrammaticoutlineofhowtowriteacompletegrammarofspace.ThispaperisbasedonmorethanthirtymonthsoffieldresearchontheTrobriandIslandsin1982/83,1989and1992–8.IwanttothanktheGermanResearchSocietyandespeciallytheMaxPlanckSocietyfortheirsupportinrea
4、lizingmyfieldresearch.Ialsowanttothankallthe(short-term,visitingandlong-term)membersofthe‘spaceproject’oftheMaxPlanckInstituteforPsycholinguisticsfortheenthusiasmwithwhichwestartedtheprojectandwithwhichwehavebeenconductingtheresearchsofar.SpecialthanksgotoSteveLevi
5、nsonforhavingcreatedandforkeepingupthestimulatingintellectualatmosphereinourjointresearch.IthanktheNationalandProvincialGovernmentsinPapuaNewGuinea,theInstituteforPNGStudies,andtheNationalResearchInstitutefortheirassistancewith,andpermissionfor,myresearchprojects.
6、LastbutnotleastIexpressmygreatgratitudetothepeopleoftheTrobriandIslands,especiallytotheinhabitantsofTauwema;Ithankthemfortheirhospitality,friendshipandpatientcooperation.1AsamemberoftheCognitiveAnthropologyResearchGroup(nowtheLanguageandCognitionGroup)andthe‘space
7、project’Ihavebeenintensivelystudyingandresearchingtheconcep-tualizationofspace,spatialreferenceandthelexiconofspatialexpressionsinKilivilaforthelastnineyears.Ihavebeencollectingarichcorpusofbothelicitedandnaturallyproduceddataonvariouskindsofspatialreferences,onsp
8、aceconceptionsandontheactualuseofspa-tiallanguageinvarioussituationsineverydaylifeontheTrobriands.IhavebeenimmenselybroadeningmyKilivilaspatialvocabular
