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></A></B><B>Cognatic Descent Reckoning</B></FONT>     Tracing kinship descent through both sexes. The most common form is the egocentric<A HREF="id14_kindred.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="K"><U> kindred</U></A> although there are a few forms of ancestor-based cognatic groups, such as the <A HREF="id20_rope.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="R"><U>rope</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="complementary_distribution"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Complementary Distribution</B></FONT>     Occurs when two linguistic elements (<I>e.g.</I><A HREF="id19_phoneme.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="P Q"><U> phonemes </U></A>or <A HREF="id16_morpheme.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="M"><U>morphemes</U></A>) have the same function but which are distinctive exist in a language. For example, "a" and "an" serve the same grammatical function but occur in different environments (one precedes a consonant, the other a vowel; the "p" in "spot" is unasperated while that in "pot" is asperated, yet native speakers of English do not distinguish these distinctive sounds). </div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="complex_opposition"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Complex Opposition</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     Political conflict in which radicals are treated as though they accept the established forms of conflict resolution. To treat radicals as radicals, that is to employ extraordinary means for dealing with them, gives credit to their claims that the existing mechanisms are ineffective and therefore illegitimate. The term was introduced by Monica and Godfrey Wilson. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="consonant"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Consonant</B></FONT>     A <A HREF="id19_phone.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="P Q"><U>phone</U></A> which is produced by audible friction in the vocal tract and can be described minimally by its point of articulation (the place where the air is obstructed), manner of articulation (whether the air is partially or completely obstructed), and by voicing (whether the larynx vibrates or not). </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="contrastive_distribution"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Contrastive Distribution     </B></FONT>Occurs when two linguistic elements (<I>e.g.</I> phonemes or morphemes)  have the same environment but which have distinctive functions or meanings. For example, /k/ is contrasted with /s/ in the environment /-at/; that is, /kat/ and /sat/ have different meanings in this case. </div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="corporate_kinship_group"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Corporate Kinship Group</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  A descent group that has exclusive and unambiguous membership and owns real or intellectual property. Descent groups with an ancestor focus are corporate as a direct consequence of their structure.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="cultural_relativism_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Cultural Relativism</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     The belief that each culture should be evaluated by concepts and values which derive from within the culture itself. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="culture"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Culture </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The process by which information about the world and how it to deal with it is stored, retrieved, and transmitted. It is learned in social settings and shared by a social community. It is the principal means by which humans adapt to their environments. It is symbolic. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="culture_shock"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Culture Shock</B></FONT>     A state of  psychic disorientation in which the values used to predict the consequences of one's behaviour are no longer operative. It is alleviated when one begins to understand the principles by which persons in the alien culture organise experience. Tourists are often protected from culture shock by<I> viewing </I>an alien culture from within an encapsulated social structure; they seldom have the opportunity to <I>experience</I> the alien culture. However, for an ethnographer culture shock is an important research experience. Being aware of the process by which the unfamiliar becomes familiar provides insights to the values of the society in which the ethnographer is working. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>