Next of kin

• Autores: Merrill Perlman
• Localización: Columbia Journalism Review, ISSN-e 0010-194X, Vol. 52, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 1-15
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Perlman stresses that "in-laws" as a general term is a back-formation, a shortened term arising from a longer one. But the phrase "in-laws" almost always means the relationship of a spouse's family to him/her, or the relationship of his/her family to the spouse, and not the relationship between the sets of parents.