The Andean languages - Quechua and Aimara offers some keys to enter in the symbo/ic conceptual world of the Andes. Some semantic structures refered to the world and social praxis (pacha, yanantin, awqa, kuti, ayni, mink'a, ...

In his linguistic and socio-cultural activity, the human being attempts to make sense of his relationship with the world at large. His representation of the world is linked to his language in two ways: nor only instrumental ...