Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: An introduction to Dora Richards Miller's life and work, including a discussion of her Recollections and editorial remarks concerning the present diplomatic edition of the account, is provided in Bøegh & Bakker (this issue).The work presented here is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation (Grant CF23-1162 for KFB) and by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Grant 10.46540/4256-00026B for PB). 1 Ay-Ay was the Taíno (indigenous Arawakan) name for St. Croix, or for Salt River, St. Croix.The original meaning of the word is probably 'the river' (Highfield 2018: 30 f.).Salt River is an area located on the north shore of St. Croix; it is believed to be the site of the landing of
Source: Scandinavian Studies in Language
Authors: Dora Richards Miller, Kristoffer Friis Bøegh, Peter Bakker
Institutions: Utrecht University, Aarhus University
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405625920