Table of Contents

1. List of maps, figures and tables; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Symbols and abbreviations; 4. Chapter 1. Introduction; 5. Part I. Anthropological issues; 6. Chapter 2. Social structure; 7. Chapter 3. Land and the symbolic meaning of space; 8. Chapter 4. Possession and gift exchange; 9. Chapter 5. Conclusion:: Connecting remarks on social structure, space and possession; 10. Photo illustrations; 11. Part II. Linguistic issues; 12. Chapter 6. Spatial descriptions; 13. Chapter 7. A- and O-possession; 14. Chapter 8. The language of respect; 15. Chapter 9. Conclusions; 16. References; 17. Appendix 1. Question catalogue of the Niutouan inquiry (in English and Tongan); 18. Appendix 2. Lists of A- and O-possessed semantic categories and single items in different Polynesian languages; 19. Appendix 3. List of A- and O-possessed semantic categories and single concrete nouns in Tongan according to Churchward (cf. 1953: 81-87); 20. Glossary of Tongan terms; 21. Index

Reviews

The volume is of interest to anthropologists as well as linguists and gives great insights into the interaction of cognition, culture and language usage.
*Marion Grein, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, in Language and Dialogue Vol. 1:2 (2011)*