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Sibling Terminology and Cross‐Sex Behavior 1
Author(s) -
NERLOVE SARA,
ROMNEY A. KIMBALL
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1967.69.2.02a00050
Subject(s) - terminology , sibling , typology , psychology , developmental psychology , genealogy , sociology , linguistics , history , anthropology , philosophy
This paper examines variations among sibling terminologies and suggests a functional explanation for selected aspects of the differences among systems. It presents evidence to suggest that behavior that places emphasis on cross‐sex relations will lend to produce terminologies in which siblings of the same sex are distinguished from siblings of the opposite sex. A possible typology of kinds of sibling terminologies is given.