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A linguistic shift in Kaje, Kagoro, and Katab kinship terminology
Ethnology • 22 (4) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 281-293
By: McKinney, Carol Virginia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines a differential shift in kinship terminology, especially the term for mother's brother, among three ethnically and linguistically related groups, the Katab, Kaje and Kagoro. MoBr-SiSo/Da is a privileged and close relationship in all three groups. The term [n]ángát[/n] was used for mother's brother and extended to all three generations of maternal male affines. However, younger Kagoro now distinguish between the actual mother's brother and the general set of male affinal relationships. The author notes no concomitant changes in patterns of behavior or social relationships that might account for this change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Comparative evidence
- Sociocultural trends
- Linguistic identification
- Kinship terminology
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Katab
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1971, 1972-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaduna state, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carol Virginia McKinney
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Katab (African people)