Anthropologists Distinguish Between Kin Terms and Genealogical Kin Types

question 56

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types.What is the difference?

• A) Kin terms refers to the actual genealogical relationship; genealogical kin types are the words used for different relatives in a particular culture.
• B) The difference is only a methodological one-in practice, they are the same thing.
• C) Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship.
• D) Kin terms are the words used for socially constructed relationships, whereas genealogical kin types refers to relatives.
• E) Kin terms are the terms used for different relatives from the ego's perspective, whereas genealogical kin types refers to objective relatives from no perspective in particular.

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