Ndumba Folk Biology and General Principles of Ethnobotanical Classification and Nomenclature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2456454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terence E Hays (Rhode Island College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 592-611 |
| Publication date | 1983-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1983.85.3.02a00050 |
| OpenAlex | W2147802267 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 16 |
Brent Berlin's proposed "general principles of classification and nomenclature" are examined as they apply to folk biology in Ndumba, a Papua New Guinea highlands society. Focusing on Ndumba folk zoology, supplemented with a previous analysis of their folk botany, Berlin's analytical schema for ethnobiological classification is supported, but principles of nomenclature in ethnobiology appear to be in need of reconsideration. [ethnosemantics, folk biology, language universals, Papua New Guinea
Biology · Ethnobiology · Ethnobotany · Ethnology · Folk medicine · Linguistics · Medicinal plants · New guinea · Nomenclature · Schema (genetic algorithms · Sociology · Taxonomy (biology · Terminology · Traditional medicine · Zoology · Anthropology · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Ecology · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · History · Medicine · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy
The role of game mammals as bushmeat In the Caatinga, northeast Brazil
Folk biology and the anthropology of science
The Native Mind
The Significance of the Category "Insect" for Folk Biological Classification Systems
Mammalian fauna used in folk medicine among hunters in a semiarid region of Brazil
Thinking about biology. Modular constraints on categorization and reasoning in the everyday life of Americans, Maya, and scientists
Folkbiology doesn't Come from Folkpsychology
Cross-Cultural Differences in Core Concepts of Humans as a Biological Species
Cultural Differences in Children’s Ecological Reasoning and Psychological Closeness to Nature
Ethnobotany of WopkaiminPandanus significant Papua New Guinea plant resource
Multi-dimensionality and variability in folk classification of stingless bees (Apidae)
The Measuring, Mapping, and Meaning of Pots
Análise Etnossemântica De Nomes Comuns De Abelhas E Vespas (Insecta, Hymenoptera) Na Terra Indígena Pankararé, Bahia, Brasil
Environment, utility, and universals in ethnobiological classification
Ethnotaxonomy of birds by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca Village, Santa Teresinha municipality, Bahia state, Brazil
Descriptive attributes used in the characterization of stingless bees (Apidae)
Familiarity, Vocabulary Size, and Recognition Ability in Four Semantic Domains
Pests, Peasants, and Publications
Form or Function
The Nature of Folk-Botanical Life Forms
Ndumba Folk Biology and General Principles of Ethnobotanical Classification and Nomenclature
The Cognition of Ethnicity
Evolution and devolution of knowledge
Are Ethnic Groups Biological "Species" to the Human Brain
Honduran Folk Entomology
Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification
Tzeltal folk zoology
An Empirical Method for the Identification of Covert Categories in Ethnobiology 1
Covert Categories and Folk Taxonomies
Worms that Croak and Other Mysteries of Karam Natural History1
Folk biology in the New Guinea Highlands
Plant Classification and Nomenclature in Ndumba, Papua New Guinea Highlands
Toward a Perceptual Model of Folk Biological Classification1
The Concept of Rank in Ethnobiological Classification
Ndumba Folk Biology and General Principles of Ethnobotanical Classification and Nomenclature
Making Twos
Folk Zoological Life-Forms
Folk Botanical Life-Forms
General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology
Studies in Ethnoscience1
Paradigms Lost
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2019 (37) |
| Highly cited | No |