Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1Juni 1999
Cognitive Aspects of Step‐ Terms in American Kinship
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 101, Heft 2, S. 374-378
ISSN: 1548-1433
In this article we extend the study of judged similarity among kinship terms from consanguineal to stepterms. Based on a sample of college students, we present a Euclidean representation of American kinship terms that shows that the distinction between consanguineal terms and step‐ terms is crucial. This representation matches predictions from the componential analysis paradigm and is shared by respondents of both genders with different ethnicities and first languages spoken. [American kinship, stepfamilies, correspondence analysis, consanguinity]