A memetic cultural practice: The use of generalized kinship terms in a research seminar attended by Chinese graduate students
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2020.102942
Abstract: Chinese people, and also members of other cultures, occasionally choose to use a kinship term when addressing a non-kin person during their daily social encounters. While previous studies primarily focus on the formal features, social… read more here.
Keywords: research seminar; research; kinship terms; graduate students ... See more keywords
Analysis of Kinship Terms Using Natural Semantic Metalanguage: Anna Wierzbicka’s Approach
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DOI: 10.22363/2312-9182-2018-22-3-701-710
Abstract: This paper provides a brief overview of some of the works by Anna Wierzbicka devoted to the study of kinship terms in different languages and cultures (Wierzbicka 2016a, 2016b, 2017). The paper considers the approach… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; kinship; anna wierzbicka; natural semantic ... See more keywords
Kinship terms variation among speakers of Bahmaie dialect in Khuzestan Province of Iran
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DOI: 10.22363/2687-0088-30135
Abstract: Language indicates the social and cultural identity of the nations, and literature is of great value in reflecting ideas, beliefs and visions in language. Considering the fact that the local dialects that lack written literature… read more here.
Keywords: language; kinship terms; variation; bahmaie dialect ... See more keywords