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- Title
Advancing our grasp of constrained variation in a crucial cognitive domain.
- Authors
Levinson, Stephen C.
- Abstract
Jones's system of constraints promises interesting insights into the typology of kin term systems. Three problems arise: (1) the conflation of categories with algorithms that assign them threatens to weaken the typological predictions; (2) OT-type constraints have little psychological plausibility; (3) the conflation of kin-term systems and kinship systems may underplay the “utility function” character of real kinship in action.
- Subjects
KINSHIP terminology; CONSTRAINTS (Linguistics); COGNITION; LINGUISTIC typology; ALGORITHMS; PLAUSIBILITY (Logic); UTILITY functions; PREDICTION models
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 5, p391
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X1000141X