The universal psychology of kinship: Evidence from language

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 211-215

  Jones, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KINSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; KIN SELECTION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NOMENCLATURE; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 2142715588     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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