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Peer reviewedTzeng, Oliver C. S.; And Others – Linguistics, 1976
Cross cultural comparisons of the underlying psychological structures of 20 kinship terms for 17 selected language/culture communities were investigated. An evaluation was made of the technique used. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Family Relationship
Download full textCroft, Kenneth – English Record, 1971
In learning a second language, the student should not only learn the native speaker's patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax; but he should also internalize the native speaker's collective view of the universe and the appropriate related behavior patterns, both linguistic and nonlinguistic. Languages divide reality into different…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Componential Analysis
