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A Further Examination of Cognitive Aspects of English Kin Terms 1
Author(s) -
NERLOVE SARA B.,
BURTON MICHAEL L.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.74.5.02a00170
Subject(s) - kinship , terminology , cognition , componential analysis , dimension (graph theory) , cognitive dimensions of notations , linguistics , next of kin , test (biology) , psychology , genealogy , sociology , anthropology , history , archaeology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , ecology , neuroscience , biology
This study presents a further test of the componential structure of American‐English kinship terminology proposed by Romney and D'Andrade (1964). It includes more terms and sheds light upon the structural (or cognitive) locations of the female kin terms as well as the male terms. Collaterality emerges as the most important dimension.