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Advancing our grasp of constrained variation in a crucial cognitive domain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2010
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.
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Advancing our grasp of constrained variation in a crucial cognitive domain
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