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Download Solution PDFWho was the first person to study the kinship terminology of different societies systematically?
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Option 4 : Morgan
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Morgan."Key Points
- Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.
- The systematic study of kinship terminology began with the American ethnologist Lewis Henry Morgan.
- Kinship terminologies include the terms of address used in different languages or communities for different relatives.
- In India for instance North and south has different Kinship terminologies.
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