NEW RESULTS: THE LOGIC OF OLDER/YOUNGER SIBLING TERMS IN CLASSIFICATORY TERMINOLOGIES
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NEW RESULTS: THE LOGIC OF OLDER/YOUNGER SIBLING TERMS IN CLASSIFICATORY TERMINOLOGIES

Abstract

In this letter I demonstrate the analytical power of identifying the generative logic of kinship terminology structures and clarify aspects of the evolutionary origin of structures that have been attributed to unexplained processes such as adding or subtracting equations, or adding or subtracting attributes that ignore the systemic generative nature of kinship terminology structures.

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