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Figure 4. Dravidian Kin-Term Systems
Core structure used in over 25 Dravidian cultures, can be
reconstructed for proto-Dravidian, c. 3000 BC or older.
The system is
exhaustive: all members of the same caste are kinsmen
associated with an obligatorymarriage rule
Example: Tamil (KavuNTar caste, Kongu NaTu)
Generation CROSS PARALLEL
male female male female
+2 appici ammayi appaaru appattaa
+1 maamaa attai appaa ammaa
older maittunan nankayaa aNNan akkaa
0
younger maittunan koRuntiyaar tampi tankacci
-1 marumakan marumakaL makan makaL
-2 peeran peetti peeran peetti
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Figure 6: Dravidian Kinterms: Cross/Parallel assignment
in junior generations and different perspectives on the
system
Rules for Cross/Parallel assignment in egos generation and
below
egos generation and below: marriage joins persons of
oppositecategory (otherwise incest!)
brothers and sisters are ofsamecategory
For a male ego
For a female e o
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Figure 9: Experimental techniques for testing between
absolute and relative coding in memory and reasoning
red to North red to left
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Figure 2 - The predicted type of stage 2
(three-term) color Term systems.
Perceptual Foci
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Figure 3: Distribution of color terms in YlDnye (Rossel Island)
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Figure 2 - The predicted type of stage 2 (three-term) col
systems.
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