Ethnology, Volume 24University of Pittsburgh, 1985 - Anthropology |
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... expressions , it is considered ridiculous and disgusting by these villagers . They wonder why anyone would make oral contact with parts of the body they consider dirty and smelly.4 Premarital sex , especially for women , is forbidden ...
... expressions , it is considered ridiculous and disgusting by these villagers . They wonder why anyone would make oral contact with parts of the body they consider dirty and smelly.4 Premarital sex , especially for women , is forbidden ...
Page 198
... expression for arm which incorporates the hand term and translates literally , " handle of hand . " Several languages of Table 2 have optional expressions for hand or arm . For example , Palauan ( 64 ) has hand / arm polysemy , but also ...
... expression for arm which incorporates the hand term and translates literally , " handle of hand . " Several languages of Table 2 have optional expressions for hand or arm . For example , Palauan ( 64 ) has hand / arm polysemy , but also ...
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... expressions exclusively for leg . The preponder- ance of overtly marked expressions for leg compared to those for foot indicates that the latter is typically more salient than the former in languages . Complex constructions for leg ...
... expressions exclusively for leg . The preponder- ance of overtly marked expressions for leg compared to those for foot indicates that the latter is typically more salient than the former in languages . Complex constructions for leg ...
Contents
Criteria for Selecting Herbal Remedies C H Browner | 13 |
Sociolinguistic Implications Lajos | 33 |
Pingelap Politics and AmericanMicronesian Relations David | 43 |
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