Power Relations Revealed by the Kinship Terms Based on the Tones of Other Relatives

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10.2991/emcs-17.2017.25How to use a DOI?

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The kinship terms based on the tones of other relatives; Power relations; Culture

Abstract

The kinship terms based on the tones of other relatives are the unique cultural characteristics of China. From ancient times, China has attached great importance to ethnic relations, so the appellation of relatives is very diverse. As a special part of kinship terms, kinship terms based on the tones of other relatives indicate such a language phenomenon that the speaker addresses his or her own relatives is not based on the kinship, but on the relationship between others and the one the kinship term indicates. But sometimes the appellation of relatives will be affected by power and then change. At this time the address is no longer a direct response to kinship, but the reaction of the relations of seniority, status, wealth or other factors. This paper intends to explore the power relations among speakers from the kinship terms based on the tones of other relatives and the reasons for this phenomenon.

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AU  - Lijing Wang
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TI  - Power Relations Revealed by the Kinship Terms Based on the Tones of Other Relatives
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 7th International Conference on Education, Management, Computer and Society (EMCS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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