NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ148226
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
An Examination of the Ordinary Use of American English Kin Terms and Kin Term Bound Forms: 'Semantics' As Necessary Meaning
Brown, Cecil H.
Anthropological Linguistics, 18, 4, 129-156, 76
On the basis of empirical data this paper concludes that knowledge relating to the use and meaning of American English Kin terms is shared and that multiple semantic models do not exist in the minds of American English speakers. (CFM)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, North American English, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Vocabulary
Publication Type: N/A
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: N/A
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A