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Amith, Jonathan D. and Thomas C. Smith-Stark. 1994. Predicate nominal and transitive verbal expressions of interpersonal relations. Linguistics 32 (3) : 511–547.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

expression1 | kinship | noun | predicate | verb

Language as a subject

Languages, Yuman

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0024-3949

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper explores the variation in the use of predicate nominal and/or transitive verbal constructions to express kinship relations between two individuals, drawing on examples from English, Yuman languages, Hopi, Huichol, Chinook, Cahuilla and Nahuatl.