Folk taxonomy
A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, and can be contrasted with scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe and organize their natural surroundings/the world around them, typically making generous use of form taxa like "shrubs", "bugs", "ducks", "ungulates" and the likes. Astrology involves a folk taxonomy, while astronomy uses a scientific classification system, although both involve observations of the stars and celestial bodies and both terms seem equally scientific, with the former meaning "the teachings about the stars" and the latter "the rules about the stars".Folk taxonomies are generated from social knowledge and are used in everyday speech. They are distinguished from scientific taxonomies that claim to be disembedded fro
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Folk taxonomy
A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, and can be contrasted with scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe and organize their natural surroundings/the world around them, typically making generous use of form taxa like "shrubs", "bugs", "ducks", "ungulates" and the likes. Astrology involves a folk taxonomy, while astronomy uses a scientific classification system, although both involve observations of the stars and celestial bodies and both terms seem equally scientific, with the former meaning "the teachings about the stars" and the latter "the rules about the stars".Folk taxonomies are generated from social knowledge and are used in everyday speech. They are distinguished from scientific taxonomies that claim to be disembedded fro
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A folk taxonomy is a vernacula ...... rmative traits in an organism.
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Taksonomia ludowa (ang. folk t ...... iany uprawne lub grupy odmian.
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Una taxonomía popular es una n ...... r con la taxonomía científica.
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A folk taxonomy is a vernacula ...... at claim to be disembedded fro
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Taksonomia ludowa (ang. folk t ...... iany uprawne lub grupy odmian.
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Una taxonomía popular es una n ...... r con la taxonomía científica.
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Folk taxonomy
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Taksonomia ludowa
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Taxonomía popular
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