Typology of Kinship Terms.
Title:
Typology of Kinship Terms.
Author:
Nikolayeva, Larysa.
ISBN:
9783653037036
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Series:
Donezk Studien zur Germanistik, kontrastiven und diachronen Linguistik ; v.2
Donezk Studien zur Germanistik, kontrastiven und diachronen Linguistik
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Introduction -- SECTION 1 KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY IN TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES -- 1.1. Main Stages in the Development of Linguistic Typology -- 1.2. The Concept of Universals and Their Place in Typological Studies -- 1.3. The Morphological Structure of Kinship Terms as a Basis for Typological Classification of the selected languages -- 1.4. Methods of Describing the Semantics of Kinship Terms -- 1.5. The Problem of Describing the Semantics of Polysemantic Kinship Terms -- 1.6. Conclusions -- SECTION 2 STRUCTURAL TYPES OF KINSHIP TERMS -- 2.1. Calculation of Structural Types of Kinship Terms -- 2.2. Root KT -- 2.2.1. Semantically non-derivative KT -- 2.2.2. Semantically derivative KT -- 2.3. Affix kinship terms -- 2.3.1. Suffix KT -- 2.3.2. Prefix KT -- 2.3.3. Prefix-suffix KT (N + p + s) -- 2.4. Compound KT -- 2.4.1. Types of Compound KT -- 2.5. Affix composites -- 2.6. Reduplicated KT -- 2.7. Word Combination KT -- 2.8. Quantitative Description of KT -- 2.8.1. Degrees of Fullness of Kinship LSG -- 2.8.2. Quantitative Description of Structural Types of KT -- 2.9. Typological Classification of KT -- 2.9.1. Typology of Root KT -- 2.9.2. Typology of Affix KT -- 2.9.3. Typology of Compound KT -- 2.10. Conclusions -- SECTION 3 SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF KINSHIP TERMS -- 3.1. Logically Possible KT Variants -- 3.2. Differential Semantic Features of KT -- 3.3. Consanguineal Kinship Terms -- 3.4. Affinal Kinship Terms -- 3.5. Combination of Features of Blood Kinshipand Kinship by Marriage -- 3.6. Consanguineal Kinship Terms as a Componentof Affinal Kinship Terms -- 3.7. Conclusions -- SECTION 4 POLYSEMY OF KINSHIP TERMS -- 4.1. Nouns Designating Man by Blood Ties -- 4.1.1. Blood Kinship -- 4.1.2. Kinship by Marriage -- 4.1.3. Polysemy Index of Nouns Designating Man by Blood Ties.
4.2. Nouns Designating a Woman by Blood Ties -- 4.2.1. Blood Kinship -- 4.2.2. Kinship by Marriage -- 4.2.3. Polysemy Index of Nouns Designating Woman by Blood Ties -- 4.3. Conclusions -- SECTION 5 TYPOLOGY OF THE SEMANTICS OF RECIPROCAL CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIP TERMS -- 5.1. Classification of Reciprocal KT -- 5.2. Typology of Reciprocal Kinship Terms -- 5.2.1. Reciprocal KT, Generation Merged (I) -- 5.2.2. Reciprocal KT, Generation and Sex Merged (II) -- 5.2.3. Reciprocal KT, not Generation Merged (III) -- 5.2.4. Reciprocal KT, not Generation and Sex Merged (IV) -- 5.2.5. Reciprocal Group KT (V) -- 5.3. Conclusions -- General Conclusions -- Typological Questionnaire for Describing Kinship Terms -- Works Cited -- List of Lexicographical Sources Used -- Annexes.
Abstract:
A 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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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