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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2025.Abstract Misconceptions about the ethnolinguistic relationship between Haiti and Louisiana persist to the present. Central to this debate is whether Louisiana Creole (LC) is a variety of French, an independent language, or a variant of the better‐known and more widely spoken Haitian Creole (HC). In this paper, I present data from residents of Louisiana
Nathan A. Wendte
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Passportization in Tuva and Transformation of Clan/Tribal Names
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. The passportization arrangements resulted in that Tuvans acquired surnames and patronymics: the ethnic naming tradition was thus replaced by a Soviet naming formula.
Elena V. Aiyzhy, Victoria V. Dongak
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 397-412, February 2025.Abstract This paper explores the role of Indigenous and queer embodiment in understanding the current limitations of sociotechnical systems as they relate to cultural heritage institutions. Through the utilization of a critical case study the paper highlights the ways in which the ideologies of colonialism and cisnormativity render Indigenous and queer
Travis L. Wagner +2 more
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Ethnonyms and other-nyms: Linguistic anthropology among the Thangmi of Nepal [PDF]
, 2002 Ethnonyms and other-nyms: Linguistic anthropology among the Thangmi of ...
Mark Turin
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Learning to walk in the forest
Ethos, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 401-420, September 2024.Abstract This paper examines how BaYaka children from the Congo Basin learn to “walk in the forest” (botamboli na ndima). Specifically, after placing forest walking within historical and ethnographic context, we consider how this practice contributes to BaYaka motor, cognitive, and social development, and thus, to the acquisition of culture.
Sheina Lew‐Levy, Adam H. Boyette
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Some thoughts on the theoretical status of ethnonyms and demonyms
, 2021 In this paper I reflect on whether ethnonyms and demonyms can appropriately be considered proper names at all from the semantic perspective, and if so, on what basis.
Coates, Richard
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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The Role of Phonetic Processes in the Formation of Turkic Ethnonyms
, 2020 The present article deals with the investigation of role of phonetic processes in the formation of ethnonyms in Germanic and Turkic languages. As we know analysing the ethnonyms demands some background knowledge on the history, geography, culture and ...
Makhmudovich, Kuldashev Akram
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 243-264, August 2024.Abstract When the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed in 1990, it marked an important shift in relations between tribal communities and non‐tribal museums in the United States. By listening to how different speakers at the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office talk about repatriation and reclamation, we can see that ...
Hannah McElgunn
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Azerbaijani Ethnonyms In Ancient Greek Sources
Ethnonyms are one of the main and active branches of the toponymic layer of Azerbaijan. Ancient Greek sources are valuable for studying the ancient Azerbaijani ethnonyms and the names of historically existing tribes and generations.
Mirzayeva, Ulkar
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