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Volume 18:1 January 2018
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Kinship Terms of the Mukkuva Dialect

Dr. Jeena S. Nair

Abstract

Kinship plays an important role in all human societies, both in the regulation of behavior between persons and in the formation of social, political and territorial groups. The aim of the present study deals with the classification and analysis of kinship terms used by Mukkuvas. The dialect area selected for this study is Puthukurichy in the coastal area of Trivandrum district which belongs to Chirayinkil Taluk. The place is about thirty kilometers away from Trivandrum city.

Keywords: Mukkuva, elementary terms, derivative terms, denotative terms, classificatory terms.

Introduction

Kinship is one of the universals in human society. The system depends on the social recognition and cultural implementation of relationships derived from descent and marriage. The domestic family survives as basic social unit. Two persons are considered kin to each other when they are linked by socially recognized bonds descent or marriage whether real or functional. The young child may grow up in the care and protection of physical parents or, in some societies may be reared by people who are not its physical parents and it may take its place in society as the child of others.

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Dr. Jeena S. Nair
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Linguistics
University of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram 695 034
Kerala
India
jeenakathu@gmail.com

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