A N ote on R egional V ariation in N avajo K inship T erminology 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7183975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley A Freed (American Museum of Natural History), Ruth S Freed (0000-0003-4170-1746, New York University) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1439-1444 |
| Publication date | 1970-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00190 |
| OpenAlex | W1996097646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
Analysis of genealogies collected from ninety‐four Navajo respondents living in two widely separated areas of their reservation revealed significant regional variation in kinship terminology. Considerable individual variability in the terminologies from one of these regions suggests that the kinship terminology in this region may be changing. The reasons for this possible change are unclear, but we note that the kinship terminology in this region resembles that of the nearby Hopi
Computer network · Kinship · Linguistics · Reservation · Sociology · Terminology · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 1989 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |