Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities
Based on kinship terminologies collected for Batanic languages, this study reconstructs the Proto-Batanic kinship system and traces its transformations in present-day daughter communities. Since speakers of Batanic languages have maintained close contact among each other, the groups exhibit signific...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of the Philippines
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f |
id |
fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f 2023-05-15T16:07:29+02:00 Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities Ma. Kristina S. Gallego 2017-12-01 https://doaj.org/article/c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f en other eng University of the Philippines 1655-1524 2012-0796 https://doaj.org/article/c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f undefined Social Science Diliman, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 66-94 (2017) kinship Batanes ethnolinguistics historical linguistics language culture litt lang Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:29:06Z Based on kinship terminologies collected for Batanic languages, this study reconstructs the Proto-Batanic kinship system and traces its transformations in present-day daughter communities. Since speakers of Batanic languages have maintained close contact among each other, the groups exhibit significant similarities not only in linguistic structure but also in certain cultural aspects such as kinship. All Batanic communities follow a lineal type of kinship(also known as Eskimo type), which is a retention of the ancestral Batanic kinship system. This is a departure from the generation type (also known as Hawaiian type) reconstructed for Proto-Philippines and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. This development is analyzed as a reflection of changes in the behavior of the speakers, particularly in terms of rule of residence. Moreover,the physical house is seen as a reproduction of kinship relations in Batanic communities,where it serves as the primary locus of activities, rituals, and traditions that relate to kinship. Despite significant transformations in the kinship system of Batanic communities since their descent from Proto-Philippines, cultural features, particularly the value structure of Filipino communities, persist to this day. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Unknown |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Unknown |
op_collection_id |
fttriple |
language |
English |
topic |
kinship Batanes ethnolinguistics historical linguistics language culture litt lang |
spellingShingle |
kinship Batanes ethnolinguistics historical linguistics language culture litt lang Ma. Kristina S. Gallego Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
topic_facet |
kinship Batanes ethnolinguistics historical linguistics language culture litt lang |
description |
Based on kinship terminologies collected for Batanic languages, this study reconstructs the Proto-Batanic kinship system and traces its transformations in present-day daughter communities. Since speakers of Batanic languages have maintained close contact among each other, the groups exhibit significant similarities not only in linguistic structure but also in certain cultural aspects such as kinship. All Batanic communities follow a lineal type of kinship(also known as Eskimo type), which is a retention of the ancestral Batanic kinship system. This is a departure from the generation type (also known as Hawaiian type) reconstructed for Proto-Philippines and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. This development is analyzed as a reflection of changes in the behavior of the speakers, particularly in terms of rule of residence. Moreover,the physical house is seen as a reproduction of kinship relations in Batanic communities,where it serves as the primary locus of activities, rituals, and traditions that relate to kinship. Despite significant transformations in the kinship system of Batanic communities since their descent from Proto-Philippines, cultural features, particularly the value structure of Filipino communities, persist to this day. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ma. Kristina S. Gallego |
author_facet |
Ma. Kristina S. Gallego |
author_sort |
Ma. Kristina S. Gallego |
title |
Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
title_short |
Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
title_full |
Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
title_fullStr |
Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
title_full_unstemmed |
Savaxay and the language of kinship in Batanic communities |
title_sort |
savaxay and the language of kinship in batanic communities |
publisher |
University of the Philippines |
publishDate |
2017 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f |
genre |
eskimo* |
genre_facet |
eskimo* |
op_source |
Social Science Diliman, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 66-94 (2017) |
op_relation |
1655-1524 2012-0796 https://doaj.org/article/c3d689fec5be4f8cb5c28938f9f6703f |
op_rights |
undefined |
_version_ |
1766403597148356608 |