Social structure

Macmillan • New York • Published In • Pages: ??•
By Murdock, George Peter

Hypothesis

"In the presence of exogamous matri-lineages, matri-sibs, or matri-moieties, unless exogamous patrilineal kin groups are also present, kinship terms for FaSi tend to extended to FaSiDa, and those for BrDa to MoBroDa" (166)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QSupportedp<.001.84UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Exogamous Matrilineal Kin GroupsIndependentKin Groups
Kinship Terminology (fasi=fasida, Brda=mobrda)DependentKinship Terminology

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Murdock, George Peter"Exogamous matrilineal or patrilineal lineages, sibs, phratries, and/or moieties tend to be associated with kinship terminology of the bifurcate merging type" (164)
Murdock, George Peter"In the presence of exogamous patri-lineages, patri-sibs or patri-moieties, unless exogamous matrilineal kin groups are also present, kinship terms for MoSi tend to be extended to MoBrDa, and those for SiDa to FaSiDa" (167)
Murdock, George Peter"In the presence of exogamous matrilineal or patrilineal lineages, sibs, phratries, or moieties, separate kinship terms tend to be applied to comparable relatives of the same generation who are linked to ego by connecting relatives of different sex" (163)
Murdock, George Peter"In the presence of exogamous matrilineal or patrilineal lineages, sibs, phratries, or moieties, terms for lineal relatives tend to be extended, within the same sex and generation, to collateral kinsmen who would be affiliated with them under either unilineal rule of descent" (162)
Murdock, George Peter"In the presence of bilinear kin groups, kinship terms tend to be extended to all relatives who belong to the same section or subsection" (170)