Omaha skewing in Australia : overlays, dynamism, and change

Patrick McConvell

Omaha skewing in Australia : overlays, dynamism, and change

Patrick McConvell

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Abstract

Omaha skewing is found in a number of regions of Australia. This is not widely known, as attention has focused on one system found in the Worrorran family of languages in the North Kimberley (Lucich 1968; Scheffler 1978:385-417). One reason the wider range and variation of skewing in Australia has not been studied is that, as elsewhere, skewing in Australia is often an "overlay" rather than a primary kinship system and is usually invoked contextually and optionally, so it is not apparent to an outside observer without extended ethnographic work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crow-Omaha: New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis
Editors	Thomas R. Trautmann, Peter M. Whiteley
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	University of Arizona Press
Pages	243-260
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9780816599318
ISBN (Print)	9780816507900
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

kinship
language and languages
ethnology
Australia

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Omaha skewing in Australia : overlays, dynamism, and change

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