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Ethnography of language change :
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)
Trade has contributed greatly to the Gilaki lexicon, but ideological factors have played a significant role in altering the use of titles and personal names.
The evolution of the agricultural settlement pattern of the Southern Cheyenne Indians in western Oklahoma, 1876-1930 /
(1984)
The development, or lack of development, of American Indian agriculture after the subjugation of the Indians by European-Americans, has often been studied as merely one component of the general accommodation ("acculturation"), ...
Linguistic stratification in socialist society :
(1980)
This study investigated the linguistic correlates of social stratification in Poznan, Poland. Although Poland has been officially socialist since the end of World War II the social structure of contemporary urban Poland ...
Women, bison, and coup : a structural analysis of Cheyenne pictographic art /
(The University of Oklahoma., 1985)
Cheyenne pictographic art of the 19th century was a complex medium of communication that expressed cultural perceptions and functioned to reinforce and mold social values. In addition to the explicit narrative content of ...
An investigation of the relationship of protowriting (invented spelling) and cognitive development in young children.
(1982)
The research was designed to test the theory by testing predictions of children's behaviors derived from the theoretical assumptions. These predictions were: that particular threshold levels of competence in spoken language ...
The role of religion in ethnic self-identity :
(1982)
This study was concerned with the processes of adaptation exhibited and undertaken by the almost 12,000 Vietnamese people in Oklahoma City. Specifically, it seeks to examine the employment of religion, primarily Buddhism ...
The demographic and cultural consequences of Old World disease in the Greater Southwest, 1520-1660 /
(1985)
This study documents the demographic and cultural consequences of Spanish-introduced disease in northwest Mexico from 1520-1660. A related concern is the role disease played in native acceptance of Jesuit missionization ...
Santa Cruz :
(1980)
This is a study of how one community has adapted to its natural, social and political environments, within its region and, through the three successive nations which have held it in hegemony, to the capitalist world economic ...
Negotiating situated roles in a transitional health care system :
(1983)
The central problem is the exploration of ways in which varying occupational positions, subjective perceptions of professional identity, and professional commitment determine attitudes toward work roles and environment, ...
The anthropology of law :
(1983)
Much of the anthropological work on Middle American communities has generally typified local (community) informal law as "customary". The emphasis on only one type of dispute resolution agency obfuscates definitive conclusions ...