TOTEMISM AS LINGUOCULTURAL GRAMMAR: A CROSS-CULTURAL MODEL OF ARCHETYPES, LANGUAGE, AND WORLD-MAKING
Keywords:
Totemism, linguoculture, ethnolinguistics, cultural archetypesAbstract
This article proposes a unified linguocultural model of totemism, arguing that it functions as a fundamental cognitive and linguistic system for structuring human relationships with the natural and social world. Moving beyond classical and structuralist interpretations, the study employs a comparative analysis of North American, Turkic, and Southeast Asian traditions to demonstrate how totemic relationships are encoded and perpetuated through language. The research identifies a consistent tripartite model comprising an Archetypal Core (the selection of "good to think" symbols), Linguistic Encoding (through kinship terms, phraseology, semantic fields, and taboos), and Functional Manifestation (in social organization, identity, and spatial perception). The study concludes that totemism's most profound legacy is linguocultural, providing a durable grammar for thought that persists in modern identity formation and ecological consciousness, even as explicit rituals fade.
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