Kinship
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https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.102Keywords:
Incest, Proper noun, Cross-cousin, Marriage, Filiation, FamilyAbstract
Similar to proper nouns, kinship terms possess a universal character. They serve to position individuals in their social environment by means of metonymy. Do they illustrate abstract cognitive principles or local modalities on filiation and marriage? The debate further continues given that the answer likely varies in different cultural areas.
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