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Nocte kinship system, terminologies and its affinity to PTB roots
Indian Journal of Multilingual Research and Development, 2021 Kinship terms and systems are considered to be one of the most resistant parts of language which are constantly in a threat by dominant language. Through these terminologies, we can find out how language not only defines but tries to explain the world ...
Trisha Wangno, Madhumita Barbora
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Kinship Terminology as a (Still) Significant Anthropological Analytical Category
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2023 This paper explains the concept of kinship terminology as an analytical category in anthropology and highlights its importance. Special attention is given to the differences in approach and methodology employed in anthropology compared to comparative ...
Zorica Ivanović
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Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 2023 This work focuses on kinship terms in Lio, an understudied Austronesian language spoken in Flores, Indonesia. We describe the Lio kinship terms and compare them to available data on other nearby Austronesian languages. Preliminary observations show examples of alternate generation terms which have not been discussed in previous literature.
Arwen Fluit +2 more
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Cognition, Algebra, and Culture in the Tongan Kinship Terminology [PDF]
, 2007 We present an algebraic account of the Tongan kinship terminology (TKT) that provides an insightful journey into the fabric of Tongan culture. We begin with the ethnographic account of a social event.
Bennardo, Giovanni, Read, Dwight
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Kinship Past, Kinship Present: Bio-Essentialism in the Study of Kinship [PDF]
, 2016 In this article, I reconsider bio-essentialism in the study of kinship, centering on David Schneider’s influential critique that concluded that kinship was “a non-subject” (1972:51).
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Les bases culturelles de la parenté: un changement de paradigme [PDF]
, 2014 French: D’un point de vue conceptuel, les systèmes de parenté reposent sur des modes de représentation culturelle que nous appelons terminologies de parenté et à partir desquelles les limites, la forme et la structure des principes d’organisation ...
Fischer, Michael D. +2 more
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Named relations: A universal in the pragmatics of reference within the kin group [PDF]
, 2015 Anthropolog
Fleming, Luke, Slotta, James
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Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study [PDF]
Training, Language and CultureThis study investigates the sociolinguistic functions of kinship terms within the Marwari speech community of Rajasthan, addressing the gap in research concerning how language structures reflect and reinforce familial and social identity. The primary aim
Rashmika Goswami, Dhanapati Shougrakpam
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How to Make Teaching Interesting? [PDF]
, 2011 Lectures, particularly in Mathematics, worse still in abstract courses such as Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra and Analysis, often create boredom to some students, especially when the lectures are delivered in two continuous sessions, or in the ...
Salleh, Abdul Razak
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Cultural complexity and complexity evolution [PDF]
, 2020 We review issues stemming from current models regarding the drivers of cultural complexity and cultural evolution. We disagree with the implication of the treadmill model, based on dual-inheritance theory, that population size is the driver of cultural ...
Andersson, C, Read, D
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