1. KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY IN LEPCHA.
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Dattamajumdar, Satarupa
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LEPCHA language ,KINSHIP ,DENOTATION (Linguistics) ,TERMS & phrases ,LEXICOLOGY ,LANGUAGE transfer (Language learning) ,GENDER differences in language ,LEPCHA (South Asian people) ,TIBETO-Burman languages - Abstract
Lepcha being a language of the Tibeto Burman language family exhibit structural traits of the of the kinship terminological system realised in the Indian subcontinent. Kinship terminology has been analysed by different scholars from different points of view like, generation, sex, affinity, collaterality, relative age, polarity, affinity, etc. The present paper examines the Lepcha kinship terminology keeping the existing structural criteria in view along with culture and language specific aspects into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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