No universals in the cultural evolution of kinship terminology [PDF]
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2020 Kinship terminologies are the semantic systems of language that express kinship relations between individuals: in English, ‘aunt’ denotes a parent's sister. Theoretical models of kinship terminology diversity reduce over 10 billion possible organisations
Sam Passmore, Fiona M. Jordan
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The Lexicographic Treatment of Xitsonga Kinship Terminologies in Selected Bilingual Dictionaries
African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary StudiesKinship terminologies, which vary across cultures and languages, present challenges for lexicographers in creating bilingual dictionaries. Effective bilingual dictionaries must accurately and comprehensively reflect kinship terms and their equivalents ...
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa
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Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 For a single species, human kinship organization is both remarkably diverse and strikingly organized. Kinship terminology is the structured vocabulary used to classify, refer to, and address relatives and family. Diversity in kinship terminology has been analyzed by anthropologists for over 150 years, although recurrent patterning across cultures ...
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What Are Kinship Terminologies, and Why Do We Care? A Computational Approach to Analyzing Symbolic Domains [PDF]
, 2013 Kinship is a fundamental feature and basis of human societies. We describe a set of computational tools and services, the Kinship Algebra Modeler, and the logic that underlies these. These were developed to improve how we understand both the fundamental
Fischer, Michael D. +2 more
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Intimate partner violence against women in Southern Punjab, Pakistan: A phenomenological study [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2022 Background Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) refers to behavior by an intimate partner that can cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm; is a common global public health issue requiring immediate attention.
Tehmina Sattar +2 more
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The family tree – a challenge for multicultural learning: some aspects of Swedish, Serbian and Bulgarian kinship terminology [PDF]
Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2021 To discover the essential differences in cultural and linguistic patterns of a certain society, we need to look no further than to the most common relations of all – those between family members.
Sabira Ståhlberg, Dorijan Hajdu
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The Kinship Terminology of the Adi of Arunachal Pradesh (Padam and Minyong)
European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 2021 This paper describes the kinship system of the Adi of Arunachal Pradesh (Padam and Minyong subgroups), focusing on its kin terminology. This system corresponds to the Omaha model defined by Lévi-Strauss, marked by generational skewing and only ...
Pascal Bouchery
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"Horizontal" and "vertical" skewing: similar objectives, two solutions? [PDF]
, 2012 This paper compares the rationale of parallel-cross neutralizations and skewing in Australian Aboriginal kinship systems and suggests that these Dravidian-like but nevertheless different systems indicate strategic and adaptative usages of kinship ...
Dousset, Laurent
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The Contrastive Analysis of Kinship Terminology in Cina Benteng and Hakka (Khek)
Suar Betang, 2022 Kinship terminology is a way of addressing someone who is bound to themselves because of blood, descent, and marriage. Kinship terminology is culturally bounded.
Inggrit Laurenza, Sonya Ayu Kumala
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