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OverviewA kinship term is defined as a lexical item which is used to name a person who is connected by certain blood relations with other persons or a group of persons. Kinship term systems were first studied scientifically in the latter half of the 19th century by the American anthropological school, whose scholars researched the culture of inhabitants of the North American continent, often drawing on linguistic data from many Indian tribes. This book presents an analysis of structural and semantic peculiarities of kinship terms in forty languages belonging to ten families. It suggests general typological classification of kinship terms and semantic classification of reciprocal kinship terms. A number of typological generalizations – universals – of a probabilistic nature are formulated regarding the structure and semantics of kinship terms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Larysa NikolayevaPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Volume: 2 Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9783631648162ISBN 10: 3631648162 Pages: 227 Publication Date: 15 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Kinship terms - Typology - Word structure - Semantics - Polysemy - Reciprocity - Universals - Indo-European Languages - Altaic languages - Semitic languages - Japanese - Korean - Sino-Tibetan languages - Austronesian languages - Australian languages - Amerindian languages - Niger-Congo languages - Paleoasian languages.ReviewsAuthor InformationLarysa Nikolayeva is Assistant Professor at Majan College, Muscat (Oman). Her research interests are in the field of structural and semantic typology as well as endangered languages. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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