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Reciprocity and structure: a semiotic analysis of some Orokaiva exchange data
Man • 14 (2) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 271-285
By: Schwimmer, Eric G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source, the author presents a semiotic analysis of Orokaiva reciprocity and gift exchange. After outlining the semiotic method, he discusses the vernacular terminology of the Orokaiva exchange system with reference to mythology. He concludes that there is a connection between the rules of the reciprocity and gift exchange system and the Orokaiva perception of world order.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Semantics
- Exchange transactions
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Orokaiva
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Summer 1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Province, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Erik Schwimmer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-285)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)