kinship terminology

collocation in English

meaningsofkinshipandterminology

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kinship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɪn.ʃɪp/us
/ˈkɪn.ʃɪp/
the relationship between members of the ...
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terminology
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌtɜː.mɪˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/ˌtɝː.məˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
special words or expressions used in relation to a particular subject ...
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(Definition ofkinshipandterminologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They share the samekinshipterminologyas well as other cultural features.
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Within the society'skinshipterminology, such relatives are usually indicated by a specific term which sets them apart as potentially marriageable.
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In polite speech, the aspect ofkinshipterminologyis used when referring to oneself, the audience, or a third party.
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Inkinshipterminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship.
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Thiskinshipterminologycommonly occurs in societies based on conjugal (or nuclear) families, where nuclear families have a degree of relative mobility.
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If rigor can be introduced in the procedure of reconstructingkinshipterminology, then a generalization of that rigorous procedure is lexical reconstruction.
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The more conservative communities maintain the inheritance of land through patriarchal lineages and a complicated set ofkinshipterminology.
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Singular, dual, and plural are distinguished in personal pronouns andkinshipterminology.
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Thekinshipterminologyis among the most extensive and complicated that has been documented in the world.
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Rules and norms for marriage and social behavior among kinsfolk is often reflected in the systems ofkinshipterminologyin the various languages of the world.
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Specific vocabulary differences includekinshipterminology.
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Although much of his work is now considered dated, he argued that kinship terminologies reflect different sets of distinctions.
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These 19th-century ethnologists used these principles primarily to explain differences in religious beliefs and kinship terminologies among various societies.
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Though much of his work is now considered dated, he argued that kinship terminologies reflect different sets of distinctions.
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Moreover, he argued, kinship terminologies distinguish between relatives by blood and marriage (although recently some anthropologists have argued that many societies define kinship in terms other than blood).
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