Anthropologists distinguish between kin terms and genealogical kin types. What is the difference?
A. Kin terms are the words used for different relatives in a particular language, but genealogical kin types refers to the actual genealogical relationship.
B. Kin terms refers to the actual genealogical relationship; genealogical kin types are the words used for different relatives in a particular culture.
C. The difference is only a methodological one-in practice, they are the same thing.
D. Kin terms are the words used for socially constructed relationships, whereas genealogical kin types refers to relatives.
E. Kin terms are the terms used for different relatives from the ego's perspective, whereas genealogical kin types refers to objective relatives from no perspective in particular.
Answer: A
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