Question
The Yupno language of Papua New Guinea unusually relies on topography to define these words, such as going “uphill” when going inside from a door and “downhill” when referring to the past. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these words, such as “today,” “he,” and “here,” that have fixed semantic meanings but different denoted meanings based on their context, such as when or where they are said.
ANSWER: deictics [accept deixis; accept referential indexicals; prompt on indexical]
[10m] Languages in this family have a remarkably large range of spatial deictics. The false claim that this family has many words for one substance is likely due to the fact that this family is highly agglutinative and polysynthetic.
ANSWER: Inuit languages [accept Eskaleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan; accept Eskimo–Aleut or Eskimoan] (“Eskimo” is sometimes considered derogatory but still considered an accepted way to refer to the language family.)
[10e] Though most languages give directions using deictics such as “left of me” relative to the speaker, geographic directions such as “north of me” are used instead in Guugu Yimithirr, one of this country’s Aboriginal languages.
ANSWER: Australia
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 78% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 60% | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
Data
| John Jay | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia C | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vassar | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Haverford | Rowan | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |