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Publication details [#34306]

Mesthrie, Raj. 1990. The Linguistic Reflex of Social Change: Caste and Kinship Terms among People of Indian Descent in Natal, South Africa. Anthropological Linguistics 32 (3-4) : 335–353.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

kinship | social change | social class

Place, Publisher

Indiana University

ISBN

0003-5483

Annotation

This paper explores the lexicographical reflexes of social change among people of Indian descent in Natal (South Africa), with respect to caste and kinship terms.