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Abstract
Human kinship systems play a central role in social organization, as anthropologists have long demonstrated. Much less is known about how cultural schemas of relat- edness are transmitted across generations. How do children learn kinship concepts? To what extent is learning affected by known cross-cultural variation in how humans classify kin? This review draws on research in developmental psychology, linguistics, and anthropology to present our current understanding of the social and cognitive foundations of kinship categorization. Amid growing interest in kinship in the cogni- tive sciences, the paper aims to stimulate new research on the ontogeny of kinship cat- egorization, a rich domain for studying the nexus of language, culture, and cognition. We introduce an interdisciplinary research toolkit to help streamline future research in this area.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 152-177 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Journal of Cognition and Culture |
Volume | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2021 |
Keywords
- kinship
- kin term acquisition
- learning
- cognitive development
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- 2 Finished
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"Together": Designing an inclusive picture book to explore children's concepts of family
Mitchell, A. (Principal Investigator), Jordan, F. M. (Co-Investigator) & Paterson-Achenbach, B. (Co-Investigator)
11/02/19 → 31/07/19
Project: Research
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VARIKIN: VARIKIN: Cultural Evolution of Kinship Diversity
Jordan, F. M. (Principal Investigator), Mitchell, A. (Researcher), Passmore, S. (Researcher), Racz, P. M. (Researcher) & Sheard, C. (Researcher)
1/07/15 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Profiles
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Professor Fiona M Jordan
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology - Professor of Anthropology
Person: Academic