New perspectives on kinship: Overcoming the eurocentrism and scientism of kinship studies through lexical universals

Anna Wierzbicka

doi:10.4324/9780203492741

New perspectives on kinship: Overcoming the eurocentrism and scientism of kinship studies through lexical universals

Anna Wierzbicka^*

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How did this 'scandal' of the abandonment of kinship studies come about? A number of different diagnoses have been put forward, Undoubtedly, however, one critical factor was the recognition of the profound Eurocentrism of the traditional analyses of kinship terminology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Inc.
Pages	62-79
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781135050887
ISBN (Print)	9780415834100
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203492741
Publication status	Published - 11 Aug 2015

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