The Concept of <i>Work</i> in Yupik Eskimo Society Before and After the Russian Influx: A Linguist’s Perspective

The Yupik language has a word to signify ‘work’ derived from the stem qepgha(gh)- (qepghaq ‘work’ [noun], qepghaghtuq ‘he works’, qepghaghta ‘worker’, etc.) The scope of the meaning of this word changed drastically after the Russians came to Chukotka to stay in the 1930s. While in the pre-(intensive...

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Main Author: Nikolai Vakhtin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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Online Access:https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/266
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