Social Terms Dictionary

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SOCIAL TERM: Επεξεργασία / Elaboration
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Ελίτ / Elite
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Ιθαγενείς κατηγορίες / Emic
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): An emic model is one which explains the ideology or behaviour of members of a culture according to indigenous definitions (Barnard, Spencer,p.275).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria
DEFINITION COMMENTS: "Emic" and "etic"... derived respectively from "phonemic" and "phonetic"
REFERENCE:
σ.275

SOCIAL TERM: Συναίσθημα / Emotion
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): In Social Anthropology, emotion is treated as symbol, invested with meaning by the society in question (Παπαταξιάρχης,1992,p. 22).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria
DEFINITION COMMENTS: Emotion discourse is... focused on action as a process through which the world is established, that is, constructed, while it studies the action from the perspective of its subjects and within the social context in which it occurs. -Παπαταξιάρχης, Ε., 1992. “Από τη σκοπιά του φύλου” στο Ταυτότητες και Φύλο στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα, Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια, σ. 22.
REFERENCE:
σ.22

SOCIAL TERM: Απασχολούμενος / Εmployee
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical