When Trying to Understand the Ethnosemantics of Kinship Terminology Systems

question 11

Multiple Choice

When trying to understand the ethnosemantics of kinship terminology systems, anthropologists look at which of the following?

• A) contrasts between male and female terms as well as generational distinctions
• B) the ability of infants to produce basic sounds like "ma-ma"
• C) the degree to which people understand biological inheritance
• D) the emotional connotations of certain sounds and how they are combined to form words

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Definitions:

Oxytocin

A hormone and neurotransmitter involved in childbirth and lactation, also associated with empathy, trust, sexual activity, and relationship-building behaviors.

ACTH

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, a pituitary hormone that stimulates the production of cortisol from the adrenal cortex.

Adenohypophysis

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland responsible for secreting several key hormones that regulate various physiological processes.

Prostaglandin

Class of physiologically active substances present in many tissues; among its effects are vasodilation, stimulation and contraction of uterine smooth muscle and the promotion of inflammation and pain.