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SOCIAL TERM: Συγχρονία / Synchrony

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): According to Ferdinard de Saussure (1966), a synchronic relationship is one where two similar things exist at the same time (Hawkes,1977).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

DEFINITION COMMENTS: The word is... built on the Ancient Greek words συν "with" and χρόνος "time". In Social Anthropology, synchronic perspectives, such as structuralism and functionalism, emphasize the relation of things in the present or at some specific time (Barnard Spencer 2002: 932). -Barnard A. & Spencer J.. 1996. Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology, Reprint 2002. London & New York: Routledge, σ. 932

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SOCIAL TERM: Ταμπού / Taboo

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Taboo is a ban or a prohibition; the word comes from the Polynesian languages where it means a religious restriction, to break which would entail some automatic punishment (Douglas,1997,p.57).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

DEFINITION COMMENTS: Sigmund Freud [1913]... 1965) linked taboos particularly with sexual prohibitions such as the incest taboo. -Freud, S., [1913] 1965, Totem and Taboo. Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, London: Routledge

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SOCIAL TERM: Τεχνικές / Technics

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TERM TYPE: Methodological

SOCIAL TERM: Μεταβλητές προτύπου / Template variables

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TERM TYPE: Methodological

SOCIAL TERM: Ερμηνευτικό παράδειγμα / The paradigm of interpretation

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TERM TYPE: Methodological

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SOCIAL TERM: Συγχρονία / Synchrony

DEFINITION (1): According to Ferdinard de Saussure (1966), a synchronic relationship is one where two similar things exist at the same time (Hawkes,1977).

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SOCIAL TERM: Ταμπού / Taboo

DEFINITION (1): Taboo is a ban or a prohibition; the word comes from the Polynesian languages where it means a religious restriction, to break which would entail some automatic punishment (Douglas,1997,p.57).

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SOCIAL TERM: Τεχνικές / Technics

SOCIAL TERM: Μεταβλητές προτύπου / Template variables

SOCIAL TERM: Ερμηνευτικό παράδειγμα / The paradigm of interpretation

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SOCIAL TERM: Συγχρονία / Synchrony

DEFINITION (1): According to Ferdinard de Saussure (1966), a synchronic relationship is one where two similar things exist at the same time (Hawkes,1977).

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SOCIAL TERM: Ταμπού / Taboo

DEFINITION (1): Taboo is a ban or a prohibition; the word comes from the Polynesian languages where it means a religious restriction, to break which would entail some automatic punishment (Douglas,1997,p.57).

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SOCIAL TERM: Τεχνικές / Technics

SOCIAL TERM: Μεταβλητές προτύπου / Template variables

SOCIAL TERM: Ερμηνευτικό παράδειγμα / The paradigm of interpretation

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