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Chapter 19 Vocabulary
Families, Kinship, and Descent
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2013

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Descent Group
Definition
group based on belief in shared ancestry
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Family of Orientation
Definition
nuclear family in which one is born and grows up
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Family of Procreation
Definition
nuclear family established when one marries and has children
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Neolocality
Definition
living situation in which couple establishes new residence
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Extended Family Household
Definition
household with three or more generations
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Unilineal Descent
Definition
matrilineal or patrilineal descent
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Lineage
Definition
unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent
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Clan
Definition
unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent
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Ambilineal
Definition
flexible descent rule, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal
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Kinship Calculation
Definition
how people in a particular society reckon kin relations
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Ego
Definition
position from which one views an egocentric genealogy
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Bilateral Kinship Calculation
Definition
kin ties calculated equally through man and women
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Functional Explanation
Definition
one based on correlation ot co-occurrence of social variables
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Lineal Kinship Terminology
Definition
four parental kin terms: M, F, FB=MB, and MZ=FZ
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Lineal Relative
Definition
ego's direct ancestors and descendants
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Collateral Relative
Definition
relative outside ego's direct line, e.g., B, Z, FB, MZ
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Affinals
Definition
relatives by marriage
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Bifurcate Merging Kinship Terminology
Definition
four parental kin terms: M=MZ, F=FB, MB, and FZ each stands alone
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General Kinship Terminology
Definition
just two parental kin terms: M=MZ=FZ and F=FB=MB
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Bilateral Collateral Kinship Terminology
Definition
six separate parental kin terms: M, F, MB, MZ, FB, and FZ
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