Cultural Relations of Classification - An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories From Central Seram

Zusammenfassung An innovative study of the Nuaulu classificatory system of animal knowledge. It demonstrates how the classification system reflects an interaction between culture! cognitive processes and the material world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The language of classification; 3. Processes of identification and the structure of categories; 4. The relations between non-basic categories; 5. Consistency, sharing and flexibility; 6. Social intrusions and cultural styles; 7. Changes in classifying behaviour; 8. Cognition and cultural relations of prehension; Appendices; Notes; References; Indexes.

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• Authors: Roy Ellen, Roy (University of Kent Ellen, Roy F. Ellen
• Assisted by: Meyer Fortes (Editor), Edmund Leach (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025737
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02573-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology