A preliminary study on the use of Epithets in Kenyah Long Wat
One’s social status has long been the point of reference in the effort to address the individual. As observed in the Kenyah Long Wat community, whenever one parent passes away, the whole family will be given epithets that signify the death. Likewise, the gender of the first newborn in a family will...
Main Authors: | Lendik Edmond, Lisbeth Sinan, Chan, Mei Yuit |
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Format: | Article |
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Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics
2021
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