Describing smell: A comparative analysis of active smell lexicon in Estonian and German

This article reports on smell lexicon in two genetically unrelated languages, Estonian and German with the primary aim to compare cognitively salient and actively used smell terms and preferred lexical strategies. Two consecutive field experiments were carried out by interviewing 43 native speakers...

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Main Authors: Zurbuchen Karin, Vainik Ene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-01-01
Series:Open Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0268