Gifford, EW

Japanese: Gifford,E.W.(英語表記)GiffordEW
Gifford, EW

…Edward Sapir linked the bipartite naming system to levirate marriage (marriage with a brother's widow) and sororate marriage (marriage with a sister of an infertile or deceased wife). Joseph Kohler and Edward W. Gifford argued that preferential marriage with the wife's brother's daughter or the mother's brother's widow would help bring about the Omaha and Crow skews in cross cousins, respectively. However, E. Durkheim criticized this, pointing out that the Crow skew is associated with matrilineal descent and the Omaha skew is associated with patrilineal descent. …

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Japanese:

…サピアEdward Sapirはレビレート婚(兄弟の未亡人との結婚)やソロレート婚(不妊または死亡した妻の姉妹との結婚)と双岐融合型の名称体系を関連づけた。コーラーJoseph KohlerやギフォードEdward W.Giffordは,妻の兄弟の娘,または母の兄弟の未亡人との選好的結婚は,それぞれ交叉イトコにオマハ型とクロウ型の斜行をもたらす手助けになるだろうと論じた。しかしE.デュルケームはこれを批判し,クロウ型は母系出自と,オマハ型は父系出自と関連すると指摘した。…

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