Date of Award:
5-1977
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Sociology and Anthropology
Department name when degree awarded
Sociology
Committee Chair(s)
Richley H. Crapo
Committee
Richley H. Crapo
Abstract
Interviews were conducted with 10 Shoshoni-speaking people to investigate conceptualizations of plant relationships. A card-sort technique and informal questioning were employed in an attempt to elicit plant classifications and taxonomic relationships. Results indicate classifications are based on multiple criteria including morphology, cultural utilization, geographic setting and growth habit. A paradigm which postulates conceptualizations based on prototypic images fits the data better than the supposition that memory is composed of extensive taxonomic structures.
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Recommended Citation
Spykerman, Bryan Ray, "Shoshoni Conceptualizations of Plant Relationships" (1977). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7732.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7732
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