The semantic complexity of Hausa kinship terms
Topics in Linguistics, 2023 This study aims at analysing the absolute semantic complexity of kin terms in Hausa, i.e. to measure the amount of semantic information of individual kin terms. Each kin term is defined by a set of sufficient and necessary conditions (i.e. properties and
Batic Gian Claudio
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Dholuo Kincepts in Western Kenya
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 The Luo are a Nilotic people living in western Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania and in western Uganda. Their language, Dholuo, forms part of the Western Nilotic group of languages.
Washington Onyango-Ouma +1 more
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Grecka i rzymska terminologia na określenie stopnia pokrewieństwa
Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie, 2018 Greek and Roman Kinship Terminology. The article presents the lexical variety of terms defining the degrees of kinship, as well as the syntactic methods of its expression in Latin and Ancient Greek.
Turowski, Artur
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The value question in India: Ethnographic reflections on an ongoing debate [PDF]
, 2020 The terms of the debate about anthropological approaches to the value question in India have been set by Dumont, whose theories were based on his ethnographic studies in North and South India, his knowledge of the Sanskrit literature, his synthesis of ...
Gregory, Chris
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Hidden in full sight: kinship, science and the law in the aftermath of the Srebrenica genocide [PDF]
, 2014 Terms such as “relationship testing,” “familial searching” and “kinship analysis” figure prominently in professional practices of disaster victim identification (DVI).
Haimes, Erica, Toom, Victor
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Karakalpak relationship terminology and its reflection in etiquette behavior
Историческая этнология, 2022 Kinship terminology in the traditional culture represents an ethnocultural phenomenon, in which specific features of the stages of the historical development of a certain people are recognized, as well as the forms of social organization that reflect the
Madiyar B. Utebaev
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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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Devices for Information Presentation in Electronic Dictionaries
Lexikos, 2012 Electronic dictionaries should support dictionary users by giving them guidance in text production and text reception, alongside a user-definable offer of lexicographic data for cognitive purposes.
D. J. Prinsloo +3 more
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Kinship terminology in the Tamiang language: A Malay variety spoken in Eastern Aceh, Indonesia
Studies in English Language and Education, 2020 This qualitative research examines kinship terms in the Tamiang language and the strategies of selection of the terms by its speakers. The data for this research were obtained through questionnaire, and interview from eight informants living in Bendahara
Zulfadli A. Aziz +2 more
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WHY CAN HUNTER-GATHERER GROUPS BE ORGANIZED SIMLARLY FOR RESOURCE PROCUREMENT, BUT THEIR KINSHIP TERMINOLOGIES ARE STRIKINGLY DISSIMILAR: A CHALLENGE FOR FUTURE CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH [PDF]
, 2019 Cross-cultural research involves explanatory arguments framed at the meta-level of a cohort of societies, each with its own historical development as an internally structured and organized system.
Read, Dwight W
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