abstraction in speech & thought actions under self-control distinguished from those not under control aesthetics affection expressed and felt age grades age statuses age terms ambivalence anthropomorphization anticipation antonyms attachment baby talk belief in supernatural/religion beliefs, false beliefs about death beliefs about disease beliefs about fortune and misfortune binary cognitive distinctions biological mother and social mother normally the same person black (color term) body adornment childbirth customs childcare childhood fears childhood fear of loud noises childhood fear of strangers choice making (choosing alternatives) classification classification of age classification of behavioral propensities classification of body parts classification of colors classification of fauna classification of flora classification of inner states classification of kin classification of sex classification of space classification of tools classification of weather conditions coalitions collective identities conflict conflict, consultation to deal with conflict, means of dealing with conflict, mediation of conjectural reasoning containers continua (ordering as cognitive pattern) contrasting marked and nonmarked sememes (meaningful elements in language) cooking cooperation cooperative labor copulation normally conducted in privacy corporate (perpetual) statuses coyness display critical learning periods crying cultural variability culture culture/nature distinction customary greetings daily routines dance death rituals decision making decision making, collective differential valuations directions, giving of discrepancies between speech, thought, and action dispersed groups distinguishing right and wrong diurnality divination division of labor division of labor by age division of labor by sex dominance/submission dreams dream interpretation economic inequalities economic inequalities, consciousness of emotions empathy entification (treating patterns and relations as things) environment, adjustments to envy envy, symbolic means of coping with ethnocentrism etiquette explanation face (word for) facial communication facial expression of anger facial expression of contempt facial expression of disgust facial expression of fear facial expression of happiness facial expression of surprise facial expressions, masking/modifying of fairness (equity), concept of family (or household) father and mother, separate kin terms for fears fear of death fears, ability to overcome some feasting females do more direct childcare figurative speech fire folklore food preferences food sharing future, attempts to predict generosity admired gestures gift giving good and bad distinguished gossip government grammar group living groups that are not based on family habituation hairstyles hand (word for) healing the sick (or attempting to) hope hospitality husband older than wife on average hygienic care identity, collective imagery incest between mother and son unthinkable or tabooed incest, prevention or avoidance in-group distinguished from out-group(s) in-group biases in favor of inheritance rules institutions (organized co-activities) insulting intention interest in bioforms (living things or things that resemble them) interpolation interpreting behavior intertwining (e.g., weaving) jokes judging others kin, close distinguished from distant kin groups kin terms translatable by basic relations of procreation kinship statuses language language employed to manipulate others language employed to misinform or mislead language is translatable language not a simple reflection of reality language, prestige from proficient use of law (rights and obligations) law (rules of membership) leaders lever likes and dislikes linguistic redundancy logical notions logical notion of "and" logical notion of "equivalent" logical notion of "general/particular" logical notion of "not" logical notion of "opposite" logical notion of "part/whole" logical notion of "same"

magic magic to increase life magic to sustain life magic to win love making comparisons male and female and adult and child seen as having different natures males dominate public/political realm males engage in more coalitional violence males more aggressive males more prone to lethal violence males more prone to theft males, on average, travel greater distances over lifetime manipulate social relations marking at phonemic, syntactic, and lexical levels marriage materialism meal times mearning, most units of are non-universal measuring medicine melody memory mental maps mentalese metaphor metonym mood- or consciousness-altering techniques and/or substances moral sentiments moral sentiments, limited effective range of morphemes mother normally has consort during child-rearing years mourning murder proscribed music music, children's music related in part to dance music related in part to religious activity music seen as art (a creation) music, vocal music, vocal, includes speech forms musical redundancy musical reptition musical variation myths narrative nomenclature (perhaps the same as classification) nonbodily decorative art normal distinguished from abnormal states nouns numerals (counting) Oedipus complex oligarchy (de facto) one (numeral) onomatopoeia overestimating objectivity of thought pain past/present/future person, concept of personal names phonemes phonemes defined by set of minimally constrasting features phonemes, merging of phonemes, range from 10 to 70 in number phonemic change, inevitability of phonemic change, rules of phonemic system planning planning for future play play to perfect skills poetry/rhetoric poetic line, uniform length range poetic lines characterized by repetition and variation poetic lines demarcated by pauses polysemy (one word has several meanings) possessive, intimate possessive, loose practice to improve skills precedence, concept of (that's how the leopard got its spots) preference for own children and close kin (nepotism) prestige inequalities pretend play pride private inner life promise pronouns pronouns, minimum two numbers pronouns, minimum three persons proper names property proverbs, sayings proverbs, sayings - in mutually contradictory forms psychological defense mechanisms rape rape proscribed reciprocal exchanges (0f labor, goods, or services) reciprocity, negative (revenge, retaliation) regocnition of individuals by face redress of wrongs resistance to abuse of poser, to dominance rhythm right-handedness as population norm risk-taking rites of passage rituals role and personality seen in dynamic interrlationship (i.e., departures from role can be explained in terms of individual personality) sanctions sanctions fro crimes against the collectivity sanctions include removal from the social unit self-control self distinguished from other self as neither wholly passive nor wholly autonomous self as subject and object self-image, awareness of (concern for what others think) self-image, manipulation of self-image, wanted to be positive self is responsible semantics semantic category of affecting things and people semantic category of dimension semantic category of giving semantic category of location semantic category of motion semantic category of other physical properties semantic components semantic components, generation semantic components, sex sememes, commonly used ones are short, infrequently used ones are longer senses unified sex differences in spatial cognition and behavior sex (gender) terminology is fundamentally binary sex statuses sexual attraction sexual attractiveness sexual jealousy sexual modesty sexual regulation sexual regulation includes incest prevention sexuality as focus of interest shame shelter sickness and death seen as related snakes, wariness around social structure socialization socialization expected from senior kin socialization includes toilet training spear special speech for special occasions statuses and roles statuses, ascribed and achieved statuses distinguished from individuals statuses on other than sex, age, or kinship bases stinginess, disapproval of stop/nonstop contrasts (in speech sounds) succession sucking wounds sweets preferred symbolism symbolic speech synesthetic metaphors synonyms taboos tabooed foods tabooed utterances taxonomy territoriality thumb sucking tickling time time, cyclicity of tools tool dependency tool making tools for cutting tools to make tools tools patterned culturally tools, permament tools for pounding toys, playthings trade triangular awareness (assessinjg relationships among the self and two other people) true and false distinguished) turn-taking two (numeral) tying material (i.e., something like string) units of time verbs violence, some forms of proscribed visiting vocalic/nonvocalic contrasts in phonemes vowel contrasts weaning weapons weather control (attempts to) while (color term) world view