Publications by authors named "Lucie Laporte-Devylder"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how the Paamese people of Vanuatu use speech, gestures, and drawings to describe kinship relations, revealing patterns in how they represent family structures.
- The analysis shows that speakers physically position matrilineal relatives on the left and patrilineal relatives on the right during conversation, suggesting a spatial organization in their thought processes.
- The findings highlight the importance of considering multimodal communication in understanding kinship systems, offering new insights into the cognitive and social dimensions of family dynamics.
