Time and replacement among the Q’eqchi’ Maya
Among speakers of Q’eqchi’ Maya, replacement (–eeqaj) refers to activities as disparate as house-building, civil-religious elections, vengeance, loans, illness cures, adultery, and namesakes. Such practices involve the substitution of one entity for another entity, insofar as these entities have sha...
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Main Author: | Paul Kockelman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2017-12-01
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Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15406 |
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