Book contents
- The Geography of Words
- The Geography of Words
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I How Words Are Studied
- Part II How Words Are Carved Out
- 1 1 = 2, 5, 6, or 7
- 2 Beer Eyes and Wine-Dark Sea
- 3 Second Cousins Twice Removed
- 4 I Have Three Sons and a Child
- 5 Concepts on the Chopping Block
- 6 Unripe Bananas and Ripe Tomatoes
- 7 Mums and Clocks Mean Death
- 8 The Past Is in Front of Us and the Future Is behind Our Back
- 9 Far and Wide, Here and There
- 10 Bottles with Throats
- 11 Setting the TV on Fire and Extinguishing It
- Part III How Things Are Done with Words
- Part IV How Words Are Born
- Part V Where Words Live
- Part VI A Word After
- Part VII Words about Words
- References
- Index of Languages
- Person and Subject Index
7 - Mums and Clocks Mean Death
from Part II - How Words Are Carved Out
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2021
Book contents
- The Geography of Words
- The Geography of Words
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I How Words Are Studied
- Part II How Words Are Carved Out
- 1 1 = 2, 5, 6, or 7
- 2 Beer Eyes and Wine-Dark Sea
- 3 Second Cousins Twice Removed
- 4 I Have Three Sons and a Child
- 5 Concepts on the Chopping Block
- 6 Unripe Bananas and Ripe Tomatoes
- 7 Mums and Clocks Mean Death
- 8 The Past Is in Front of Us and the Future Is behind Our Back
- 9 Far and Wide, Here and There
- 10 Bottles with Throats
- 11 Setting the TV on Fire and Extinguishing It
- Part III How Things Are Done with Words
- Part IV How Words Are Born
- Part V Where Words Live
- Part VI A Word After
- Part VII Words about Words
- References
- Index of Languages
- Person and Subject Index
Summary
The present chapter addresses the connotations around certain objects.
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- The Geography of WordsVocabulary and Meaning in the World's Languages, pp. 54 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021