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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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Kinship terminology: polysemy or categorization?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2010 AbstractThe target article offers an analysis of the categorization of kin types and empirical evidence that cross-cultural universals may be amenable to OT explanation. Since the analysis concerns the structuring of conceptual categories rather than the use of words, it differs from previous OT analyses in lexical semantics in what is considered to be
Hogeweg, L., Legendre, G., Smolensky, P.
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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This article presents findings from a UK‐based qualitative study that explored parents/carers experiences of child to parent violence (CPV) from their child who has a neurodevelopmental difference. The study used semi‐structured interviews with 15 mothers who were experiencing physical and psychological violence from their child, often on a ...
Amanda Holt
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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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Charles Wagley on changes in Tupí-Guaraní kinship classifications
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências HumanasCharles Wagley contributed significantly to the ethnographic study of culture and society in Brazil. In addition to his well-known work on both rural and urban Brazilian populations, Wagley was a pioneering ethnographer of indigenous societies in Brazil,
William Balée
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Sindh Journal of LinguisticsLanguage and culture are entangled (Translations, 2018). A specific language typically points to a particular cluster of individuals. Language and culture share a symbiotic relationship.
Snober Gull, Muhammad Maaroof Iqbal
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities
Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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Histories in bone: Navigating the ethical landscape of human skeletal collections in South Africa
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Provenance is at the center of addressing the complicated ethical stewardship of legacy human skeletal collections. Many South African (SA) health science institutions have skeletal collections. While the history of the collections and the demographics of the skeletons have been reported, the provenance of the individuals within the ...
Quenth Chinenere +2 more
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Providing students with a way to honor human body donors during or after an anatomy course has been shown to help provide a sense of closure and comfort to students and, when present, donor families. Gestures of gratitude for donors can also emphasize humanistic values of respect, empathy, and professionalism.
Bobbie J. Leeper +14 more
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