Elementary Structures Reconsidered / Francis Korn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korn, Francis, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Incest Taboo: a Bridge

2 Structures and Regimes

3 Prescription and Preference

4 Terminology and 'Structure': the Dieri Case

5 A Question of Preferences: the Iatmül Case

6 Some Comments on Alternation: the Mara Case

7 Permutation Models and Prescriptive Systems

8 Conclusions

Appendix. Comparative Table of Dieri Terms of Relationship

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520319479

0520319478

OCLC:

1202623657