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A R elational A nalysis of A merican K inship T erminology
Author(s) -
Wallace Anthony F. C.
Publication year - 1970
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.1970.72.4.02a00090
Subject(s) - kinship , componential analysis , terminology , meaning (existential) , linguistics , class (philosophy) , genealogy , sociology , epistemology , anthropology , history , philosophy
As an alternative to traditional semantic analysis using class‐product logic (“Componential analysis”), it is proposed that the possibilities of analysis in terms of relative products be explored in appropriate lexical‐taxonomic domains, particularly kinship. In such analyses the order of components is intrinsic to meaning. The process is illustrated by an analysis of American kinship terminology.