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Quote: in almost all folk biologies, life form and generic taxa named by primary lexemes; specific and varietal taxa named by secondary lexemes

topics > all references > references a-b > QuoteRef: berlB2_1973 , p. 240



Topic:
hierarchical naming
Topic:
taxonomy
Group:
psychology

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(3) The naming of taxa which occur as … are essentially identical in all languages. Life form … be labeled by secondary lexemes. The unique beginner … there seems to be strong evidence that the … status of the category which it represents. …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: in most folk biology classifications, the unique beginner is not named, e.g., "plant"

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