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The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands

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The most interesting result of a study of Murngin kinship morphology [says Warner] is the "urge" for symmetry. One feels this in the native mind, too. There is always an unconscious and frequently a conscious desire to "keep the gurratu [kinship system] straight."¹

¹Warner, W.L.n/an/an/an/a, "Morphology and Functions of the Australian Murngin Type of Kinship," Amer. Auth., N.S., 32: 211.

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Chicago: "The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands," The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed May 9, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7CPH6X3ZJDISNG4.

MLA: . "The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands." The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands, Vol. 32, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 9 May. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7CPH6X3ZJDISNG4.

Harvard: , 'The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands' in The Ethnology of the Greater Sunda Islands. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 9 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7CPH6X3ZJDISNG4.

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