Universal #1664

Legacy number: 1664

 Number  1659
 Original  Distinction of sex in the second descending generation implies the same distinction in the second ascending generation, but not vice versa.
 Standardized  IF there is distinction of sex in the second descending generation, THEN there is the same distinction in the second ascending generation.
 Formula  distinction of sex in the second descending generation ⇒ distinction of sex in the second ascending generation
 Keywords  kinship
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Gifford study of California kinship terminologies which contains kinship terminologies of approx. 80 California Indian groups, and approx. 40 additional terminologies from various parts of the world
 Source  Greenberg 1966c: 82

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