The treatment of kinship terminology in Sotho dictionaries, with special reference to setswana [PDF]
, 2005 Dissertation (MA (Setswana))--University of Pretoria, 2006.The study on kinship terminology is concerned with the treatment of terms in dictionaries.
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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Persistent Cultures: Miskitu Kinship Terminological Fluidity [PDF]
, 2015 Kinship is understood dynamically and processually but kinship terminologies are remarkably stable idea systems. They provide cultural continuity over time and are more resistant to modification than many types of cultural instantiations.
Fischer, Michael D. +2 more
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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THE GENERATIVE LOGIC OF CROW-OMAHA TERMINOLOGIES: THE THONGA-RONGA KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY AS A CASE STUDY [PDF]
, 2018 The goal of the paper is to show how the generative logic approach to kinship terminology structures sheds light on the basis for the skewing that characterizes the Crow-Omaha terminologies.
Read, Dwight W
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The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
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Efficient communication drives the semantic structure of kinship terminology [PDF]
Semantic distinctions are encoded variably in kinship terminology, the set of words that denotes family members. Nonetheless, it has been suggested that kinship terminology, like other linguistic domains, is constrained by opposing pressures to be simple
Jordan, Fiona +3 more
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Sci‐Fi Parenthood and the End of Love
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Daniela Cutas
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Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun: Nuxalk Governance, Language, and the Museum Public
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This review suggests that Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun reframes the ethnographic gallery as a site of protocol rather than as a trophy case. Co‐curated by Snxakila—Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk Nation) and Jennifer Kramer (UBC MOA), the exhibition centers law, lineage, and language to present belongings and supernatural beings ...
Cheyanne Brown Armstrong, Mark Turin
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