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Language modulates brain activity underlying representation of kinship terms. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2015 Kinship terms have been found to be highly diverse across languages. Here we investigated the brain representation of kinship terms in two distinct populations, native Chinese and Caucasian English speakers, with a five-element kinship identification ...
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LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF KINSHIP TERMS
, 2023 This paper considers the linguistic analysis of kinship terms on the example of English and Uzbek languages. This paper discusses various approaches to the study of these terms, their classification and criteria for their selection. Kinship determines social relations, determines the place of a person in society and corrects his behavior. Moreover, the
Karabayeva Makhfuza Komiljonovna +1 more
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LINGUISTIC ANALYSES OF CHINESE KINSHIP TERMS
Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2016 This article briefly describes the history of the study of the kinship terms by blood in Chinese language. Kinship terms are the basic unit in spoken communication.
Yuyan Qu
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Newar marriage and kinship in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]
, 2000 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis presents a descriptive and analytical study of Newar marriage and kinship in Kathmandu.
Sakya, Anil M
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Dynamics of kinship and the uncertainties of life: Spirit cults and healing management in northern Thailand [PDF]
, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis is about kinship, health and healing in a Northern Thai village.
Vaseenon, Tidawan
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Focality and Extension in Kinship [PDF]
, 2018 When we think of kinship, we usually think of ties between people based upon blood or marriage. But we also have other ways—nowadays called ‘performative’—of establishing kinship, or hinting at kinship: many Christians have, in addition to parents ...
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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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Kinship Terms and Kinship Concepts [PDF]
American Anthropologist, 1957 THE terms used in addressing and describing relatives are a source of constant wonder to the anthropologist, both for their near-infinite variety and for the glimpses they furnish of the operation of general, quasi-mathematical regularities in the patterning of human social forms. This paper aims at an exploration of this constancy in variation through
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The Cultural Grounding of Kinship: A Paradigm Shift [PDF]
, 2014 English: Kinship systems are conceptually grounded in culturally formulated idea-systems we refer to as kinship terminologies and through which the boundaries, form and structure of human social systems are culturally constituted.
Fischer, Michael D. +8 more
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Kinship Terms: Universality and Ethnolinguistic Saliance
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2008 The article attempts to examine the characteristic features of kinship terms in Armenian, English and Russian. Kinship terms make up a solid system with closely interconnected constituents.
Kristine Harutyunyan
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