Universal #1667
Legacy number: 1667
| Number | 1662 |
| Original | The frequency of kin term doublets is correlated with the parental prototype. |
| Standardized | IF there are doublets for kin terms other than of parental prototype, THEN there are doublets for kin terms of parental prototype. |
| Keywords | kinship |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed by Dahl & Koptjevskaja-Tamm |
| Source | Dahl & Koptjevskaja-Tamm (forthcoming) |
Discussion
Notes
KIN TERM DOUBLETS are denotationally synonymous kin terms, i.e. they express the same kinship relation, e.g. English: dad/father, mum/mother; Russian: papa/otec ‘father’, mama/mat’ ‘mother’; French: papa/père ‘father’, maman/mère ‘mother’; Sirionó (Tupi): paba/ru ‘father’, tei/si ‘mother’. The members of kin term doublets usually differ with respect to their use. A common pattern is for one member to be more frequent in vocative and egocentric uses.
Comment
KIN TERM DOUBLETS are denotationally synonymous kin terms, i.e. they express the same kinship relation, e.g. English: dad/father, mum/mother; Russian: papa/otec 'father', mama/mat' 'mother'; French: papa/père 'father', maman/mère 'mother'; Sirionó (Tupi): paba/ru 'father', tei/si 'mother'. The members of kin term doublets usually differ with respect to their use. A common pattern is for one member to be more frequent in vocative and egocentric uses.
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