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SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρητική παραγωγή / Theoretical production

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία / Theory

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): A theory is a set of claims about what exists in a given sphere of reality, how these things are related and interact with each other and with what results. The claims in a theory are hypotheses until substantive evidence is collected for them (Gee,2011, p. 53).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Κάλλας Ιωάννης

REFERENCE: Gee, J.P. (2011).An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Theory and Method. Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία της επιστήμης / Theory of science

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Τοτεμισμός / Totemism

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TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Lévi-Strauss defined totemism as a way to talk of one kind of phenomenon, often abstract or difficult to grasp, in terms of quite different, more easily perceived, concrete objects (i.e. by using various types of metaphors) (Levi-Strauss,1977).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

DEFINITION COMMENTS: Totemism always involves... social groups which may have no obvious empirical referents (like dispersed clans) being spoken of, and thought about, as though they were animal or plant species. This means that a metaphorical “evidence” is given to clan identity and to differences between clan. (Levi-Strauss 1977). -Levi-Strauss, C., 1966, The Savage Mind, Translated by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (ελλ. Μτφ. Καλπουρτζή Ε., 1977, Αθήνα: Παπαζήση

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SOCIAL TERM: Τουρισμός / Tourism

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

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SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρητική παραγωγή / Theoretical production

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία / Theory

DEFINITION (1): A theory is a set of claims about what exists in a given sphere of reality, how these things are related and interact with each other and with what results. The claims in a theory are hypotheses until substantive evidence is collected for them (Gee,2011, p. 53).

REFERENCE: Gee, J.P. (2011).An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Theory and Method. Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία της επιστήμης / Theory of science

SOCIAL TERM: Τοτεμισμός / Totemism

DEFINITION (1): Lévi-Strauss defined totemism as a way to talk of one kind of phenomenon, often abstract or difficult to grasp, in terms of quite different, more easily perceived, concrete objects (i.e. by using various types of metaphors) (Levi-Strauss,1977).

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SOCIAL TERM: Τουρισμός / Tourism

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SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρητική παραγωγή / Theoretical production

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία / Theory

DEFINITION (1): A theory is a set of claims about what exists in a given sphere of reality, how these things are related and interact with each other and with what results. The claims in a theory are hypotheses until substantive evidence is collected for them (Gee,2011, p. 53).

REFERENCE: Gee, J.P. (2011).An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Theory and Method. Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Θεωρία της επιστήμης / Theory of science

SOCIAL TERM: Τοτεμισμός / Totemism

DEFINITION (1): Lévi-Strauss defined totemism as a way to talk of one kind of phenomenon, often abstract or difficult to grasp, in terms of quite different, more easily perceived, concrete objects (i.e. by using various types of metaphors) (Levi-Strauss,1977).

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