Chapter published in:
Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldworkEdited by Hannah Sarvasy and Diana Forker
[Studies in Language Companion Series 194] 2018
► pp. 9–27
Chapter 2The magic of names
A fieldworker’s perspective
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald | James Cook University
Article outline
- 1.The Amazonian names
- 1.1The Tariana of the Vaupés River Basin
- 1.2The naming systems
- 2.The Manambu of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
- 2.1A multitude of names
- 2.2The Manambu clans and naming system
- 2.3The totems, and the terms of address
- 3.New language, new name
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References
Published online: 22 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.194.02aik
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.194.02aik
References
Cabrera Becerra, Gabriel
Harrison, Simon J.
Hugh-Jones, Stephen O.
Laki, Pauline, Luma, Yuaneng Agnes & Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.