DISCUSSION: The author criticizes Mill and Levi-Strauss’s theories for being incomplete.
The author uses the Hopi as an extended example to prove his point.
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- I’m not sure what an anthropological study of names would involve. The author isn’t formally studying the Hopi.
Instead, he picks examples from their naming practices to criticize two Western theories.
- The author’s theory may not be new. It may be centuries old, and yet for some reason Mill and Levi-Strauss’ theories are still dominant.
- Mill and Levi-Strauss’ theories aren’t necessarily in competition with each other. And the author doesn’t describe them so much as criticize them.
- CORRECT. The author criticizes Mill and Levi Strauss’ theories of names. This is clear from the first paragraph.
- The author doesn’t talk about names in general, in all cultures. He only talks about Hopi names.
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