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A structural and semantic analysis of classical Nahuatl kinship terminology
Estudios de cultura Náhuatl • 15 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 89-124
By: Gardner, Brant.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study aims to clarify difficulties encountered in the linguistic analysis of kinship terminology in the Nahuatl dialect used by Aztec elites. It begins with a componential analysis of the terms, followed by an examination of their contextual appearance, finding that they can refer alternatively to social or to biological relationships.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kin groups
- Grammar
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aztecs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- 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.
- Ethnohistorian
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1645
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central highland Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brant Gardner
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs