4.1.9 Kinship
Use this domain for general words for family relationships, not for specific terms.
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(1) What words are used to indicate that two people are related?
Example words: be related (to someone)
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(2) What words refer to the relationship among members of a family?
Example words: kinship, relationship, close relation
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(3) What words refer to a member of your family or larger kin group?
Example words: relative, in-law, kinsman, relation, distant relation, distantly related, extended family, folk, house, household, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsman, kinswoman
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(4) What words refer to groups of people who are related by kinship?
Example words: family, clan, tribe, nation
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(5) What words refer to a single generation?
Example words: generation
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(6) What words refer to talking to someone in order to discover how you are related to them?
Example words: (none in English)