The Sound-Symbolic Expression of Animacy in Amazonian Ecuador
Several anthropologists of Amazonian societies in Ecuador have claimed that for Achuar [1] and Quichua speaking Runa [2-4] there is no fundamental distinction between humans on the one hand, and plants and animals on the other. A related observation is that Runa and Achuar people share an animistic...
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MDPI AG
2010-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/2/3/353/ |