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Fluctuation in Navajo kinship terminology
American anthropologist • 64 • Published In 1962 • Pages: 985-1000
By: Landar, Herbert Jay.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a linguistic analysis of fluctuation in Navajo kinship terminology. The author challenges anthropological theories concerning the mode of use of a kinship term, its linguistic structure, and its function.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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.
- Linguist
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Indian Reservation; Fort Defiance, Many Farms, and Window Rock, Arizona; Ship Rock, New Mexico; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Herbert Jay Landar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1000)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 1715424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians