“Teasing” and “mocking” as the language of courtship: The egalitarian gendered status of Lundayeh women

• Main Author: Kavitha Ganesan
• Format: Proceedings
• Language: English; English
• Published: Pusat Penataran IImu dan Bahasa 2021
• Subjects: HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism; PL1-8844 Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32365/1/%E2%80%9CTeasing%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cmocking%E2%80%9D%20as%20the%20language%20of%20courtship%2C%20The%20egalitarian%20gendered%20status%20of%20Lundayeh%20women.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32365/2/%E2%80%9CTeasing%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cmocking%E2%80%9D%20as%20the%20language%20of%20courtship%2C%20The%20egalitarian%20gendered%20status%20of%20Lundayeh%20women.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32365/; https://iclalis2021.wixsite.com/home/downloads
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

This article examines the complementarity that exist between Lundayeh men and women by exploring the community’s oral literature to determine whether “teasing” and “mocking” can be perceived as forms of language courtship, and more importantly, how do such language forms in Lundayeh relationships pr...