Studies in Ancient History. the Second Series; Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin of Exogamy
The book Studies in Ancient History. the Second Series; Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin of Exogamy was written by author Mclennan, John Ferguson, 1827-1881 Here you can read free online of Studies in Ancient History. the Second Series; Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin of Exogamy book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Studies in Ancient History. the Second Series; Comprising An Inquiry Into the Origin of Exogamy a good or bad book?
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And, within the tribe, the group or class consisting of all the men of the same generation in one division marry the group or class consisting of all the women of their generation in the other division, and are debarred from all women younger or older. What he tries to show is that the Tamilian or Turanian terms would embody the marriage relations which he has supposed to exist in his hypothetical tribe. 3o8 STUDIES IN ANCIENT HISTORY chap. Kana ; while in relation to one whom I call father, my... son is not Keiki, but Moopuna. In fact, the Kamilaroi names are true personal names, like Tom, Dick, or Harry, while the classificatory names helong to classes only as relative to other classes above or below them, so that to an elderly person with a relative surviving in an earlier generation, every class name in the whole gamut of names must in turn be applied by persons of the different classes in addressing him. But, further than that, the names Murri, Mata, etc., do not belong to persons who fall into classes, properly so called, as names do in the classificatory system, which appropriates a common term to all of one generation in relation to aU of some other generation.
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