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Nunez, Rafael E.; Cornejo, Carlos – Cognitive Science, 2012
The Aymara of the Andes use absolute (cardinal) frames of reference for describing the relative position of ordinary objects. However, rather than encoding them in available absolute lexemes, they do it in lexemes that are intrinsic to the body: "nayra" ("front") and "qhipa" ("back"), denoting east and west,…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Adults