Download or read book Proto Otomanguean Kinship written by William R. Merrifield and published by Sil International, Global Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconstructs the protolanguage of six languages found in the Mexico. The book has two major section, Analysis and Data for the language family groups: Oto-Manguean kinship terms, Mixtecan kinship terms, Popolocan kinship term, Otopamean kinship terms, Zapotecan kinship terms, Chinantecan kinship terms, and other Oto-Manguean kinship terms.
Download or read book The Genius of Kinship written by German Valentinovich Dziebel and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dziebel has doctorates in both history and anthropology and is currently both advisor to the Great Russian Encyclopedia and senior anthropologist at Crispin Porter + Bogusky advertising agency. His extremely dense work is actually three books in one. The first is a history of kinship studies from the early 19th century to the present. The second is a comparative study of kinship terminology among non-Indo-European languages, for which he has also prepared a data base published on the internet. The third section, highly controversial, as he admits, uses anthropology, mitochondrial studies and linguistics to suggest that the "out of Africa" model of human origins may be in error and that the first humans actually came from the Americas and spread from there to the rest of the world.
Download or read book The Cloud People written by Kent V. Flannery and published by Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case study in the divergent evolution of Mexico's Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations, this collection has become a basic resource in the literature of Mesoamerican prehistory and has been widely cited by scholars working on divergent evolution in other parts of the world. Originally published by Academic Press in 1983, a new introduction by the editors updates the volume in terms of discoveries made during the subsequent two decades.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages written by Daniel Siddiqi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages is a one-stop reference for linguists on those topics that come up the most frequently in the study of the languages of North America (including Mexico). This handbook compiles a list of contributors from across many different theories and at different stages of their careers, all of whom are well-known experts in North American languages. The volume comprises two distinct parts: the first surveys some of the phenomena most frequently discussed in the study of North American languages, and the second surveys some of the most frequently discussed language families of North America. The consistent goal of each contribution is to couch the content of the chapter in contemporary theory so that the information is maximally relevant and accessible for a wide range of audiences, including graduate students and young new scholars, and even senior scholars who are looking for a crash course in the topics. Empirically driven chapters provide fundamental knowledge needed to participate in contemporary theoretical discussions of these languages, making this handbook an indispensable resource for linguistics scholars.
Download or read book Phasing and Recoverability written by Daniel Doron Silverman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Essays in Honor of Charles F Hockett written by Frederick B Agard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mesoamerican Healers written by Brad R. Huber and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.
Download or read book Ritual Belief and Kinship in Sulawesi written by Marilyn Gregerson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of articles from five language groups in Sulawesi, Indonesia, authored by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics working under the auspices of the Hassanuddin University of Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi. The first two articles deal with beliefs and practices of traditional religion among the Balantak, and ritual and belief of the Da'a. They are followed by more specific studies of an uncovering ceremony which frees a surviving spouse from traditional taboos in the Uma group; ceremonial rituals related to traditional beliefs of the Konjo people; and the major role that the production and consumption of rice plays in Mamasa society. The final two articles deal with kinship terminology among the Balantak and Konjo groups respectively. This volume is of value in that it contributes to an increased knowledge of the rich cultures of these people of Sulawesi.
Download or read book Government sponsored Research on Foreign Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cognitive Linguistics in the Redwoods written by Eugene H. Casad and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by Stephen A. Grunlan and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on cultural anthropology presents a Christian perspective for Bible school students of conservative evangelical backgrounds. The hope is that a sympathetic approach to the problems of cultural diversity throughout the world will help young people overcome typical North American cultural biases and bring understanding and appreciation for the diversities of behavior and thought that exist in a culturally heterogeneous world. Grunlan and Mayers take the position of "functional creationism"; and though they discuss some of the problems implied in traditional interpretations of the age of the world and especially of the creation of the human race, they do not attempt to deal with either physical anthropology or the origins of man. They do, however, attempt to deal meaningfully with the problems posed by biblical absolutism and cultural relativism, and their practice. Concluding chapters with a series of thought-provoking questions should prove to be of real help to both the professional and nonprofessional teacher of anthropology.
Download or read book People of the Ucayali The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru written by Lucille Eakin and published by SIL International. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo. It shares personal observations of their subsistence and economic, social, and political organization. The book also looks at their view of medicine, the supernatural, and discusses their life cycles.
Download or read book The Publishers Trade List Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 2062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grants and Awards for the Fiscal Year Ended written by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Histories of Maize in Mesoamerica written by John Staller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abridged and updated version of the basic work on the development of maize, including 20 chapters of interest to Mesoamerican specialists, updated with recent findings and interpretations.
Download or read book Studies in the Syntax of Mixtecan Languages written by Charles Henry Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Indian Languages written by Lyle Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-21 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American languages are spoken from Siberia to Greenland, and from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego; they include the southernmost language of the world (Yaghan) and some of the northernmost (Eskimoan). Campbell's project is to take stock of what is currently known about the history of Native American languages and in the process examine the state of American Indian historical linguistics, and the success and failure of its various methodologies. There is remarkably little consensus in the field, largely due to the 1987 publication of Language in the Americas by Joseph Greenberg. He claimed to trace a historical relation between all American Indian languages of North and South America, implying that most of the Western Hemisphere was settled by a single wave of immigration from Asia. This has caused intense controversy and Campbell, as a leading scholar in the field, intends this volume to be, in part, a response to Greenberg. Finally, Campbell demonstrates that the historical study of Native American languages has always relied on up-to-date methodology and theoretical assumptions and did not, as is often believed, lag behind the European historical linguistic tradition.
