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Charles O. Frake was an American anthropologist associated with cognitive anthropology, ethnoscience, and linguistic anthropology. His fieldwork among the Subanun of Mindanao examined how people classify illness, interpret signs of disease, and organize legal disputes, including litigation in Lipay....
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Seminal ethnoscience and linguistic-anthropology work established influential methods for studying cultural knowledge; highly respected, though less visible beyond specialist circles.
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Ward H. Goodenough (1919–2013) was an American anthropologist who served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He pioneered componential analysis in the study of kinship terminology and is regarded as a founding figure of cognitive anthropology. His ethnographic fieldwork was conducted p...
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Cognitive anthropology and componential analysis pioneer; strong specialist reputation, less broad public recognition.
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