Classification of Plants and Animals from a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Point of View
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This book examines the nature of folk classification, including biological, food, totemic and linguistic systems of plant and animal taxonomy, by the Anindiyakwa people of Groote Eyelandt. It discusses the suggestion that all folk classification is complexive, based on associations and not hierarchical. It seeks to show that complexive classification most commonly appears in the realm of symbolic and not biological classification. Compares and contrasts the nature of classification systems on a case by case basis. Considers data in the light of historical records, and discusses theoretical and practical implications of the research undertaken.
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Ethnozoology, Biological classification, Food classification, Totemic classification, Folk classification, Linguistic classification, Hierarchical classification, Plants, Animals, Taxonomy, Northern Territory, Groote Eylandt, Aboriginal people, Anindilyakwa people, Anindilyakwa language, North Australia Research Unit
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