Words and processes in Mambila kinship : the theoretical importance of the complexity of everyday life / David Zeitlyn.

Author/creator Zeitlyn, David
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Reconstructing kinship : the pragmatics of kin talk -- The implicatures of everyday life : Mambila social deixis -- Asking about people, not about kin terms : an experiment in method and interpretation -- Translation, anthropology, kinship -- The ethnography of a Mambila conversation -- A conversation in Somié -- The distribution of person-referring expressions (PREs) in natural conversation -- Summing up kin talk -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index.
LCCN 2004020116
ISBN0739108018 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DT571.M356 Z45 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold