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This paper seeks to show that while the idea of reciprocity is fundamental in Australian Aboriginal societies, inequalities are also inherent in the kinship system itself. An attempt is then made to articulate these two aspects and to specify the form of social inequality which is characteristic of Australia.Cet article prétend montrer, d'une part, que l'idée de réciprocité est fondamentale dans les sociétés australiennes, d'autre part, que les inégalités le sont tout autant dans la mesure où elles sont insuites et fondeés dans la parenté elle‐même. Il cherche aussi à montrer comment réciprocité et inégalité s'articulent entre elles. Enfin, it tente de spécifier la forme d'inégalité sociale caractér

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00348.x

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年代:1989

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In this paper we analyse a text in Gooniyandi (southern Kimberley, Western Australia), a myth about the acquisition of fire. Our analysis, broadly structuralist‐functionalist in orientation, uses a number of complementary modes of myth analysis, including a variety of structuralism which draws on Lévi‐Strauss. Our main point, however, differs from his concerns. It is that the analysis of a myth (indeed, of any text) cannot be pursued independently of its language, and of the linguistic choices implemented by the narrator. Relevant choices include not just lexical, but also grammatical ones, selections of grammatical construction (and patterns in them), not, of course, in the language of translation (English), but in the language of the text. We suggest that our method should be generally applicable to myths in any lang

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00349.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00350.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00351.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00352.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00353.x

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年代:1989

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ISSN:0029-8077    

DOI:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1989.tb00354.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY