Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Preface and acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The setting
- 3 Some aspects of Ku Waru segmentary sociality
- 4 Ceremonial exchange and marriage in the western Nebilyer Valley
- 5 Some linguistic structures of segmentary politics
- 6 Warfare compensation payment to Laulku: an analysis
- 7 Compensation at Palimung and the Kulka women's club
- 8 The events in perspective
- 9 Perspectives on ‘event’
- Appendix A Transcript of proceedings at Kailge on July 24, 1983
- Appendix B Grammatical sketch of Bo Ung, Ku Waru dialect
- Appendix C The conduct of warfare
- Appendix D Ku Waru metalinguistic expressions
- Chapter notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Plate section
Glossary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Preface and acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The setting
- 3 Some aspects of Ku Waru segmentary sociality
- 4 Ceremonial exchange and marriage in the western Nebilyer Valley
- 5 Some linguistic structures of segmentary politics
- 6 Warfare compensation payment to Laulku: an analysis
- 7 Compensation at Palimung and the Kulka women's club
- 8 The events in perspective
- 9 Perspectives on ‘event’
- Appendix A Transcript of proceedings at Kailge on July 24, 1983
- Appendix B Grammatical sketch of Bo Ung, Ku Waru dialect
- Appendix C The conduct of warfare
- Appendix D Ku Waru metalinguistic expressions
- Chapter notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Plate section
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- Ku WaruLanguage and Segmentary Politics in the Western Nebilyer Valley, Papua New Guinea, pp. 367 - 372Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991