Kroeberian

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1. Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.

   Kroeberian frames of reference...

   1994, Leventhal et al. (Bean, Lowell J., editor), Back from Extinction, in The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region, Ballena Press Publication, page 300

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   ...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears.

   1985, Sadock, Jerry, The Noun Incorporation Debate (Abstact), CSLI Newsletter, Stanford University, Vol. 2, No. 19 (Online)

   Additionally, some academic institutions still teach the Kroeberian theory of extinction...

   1998, Escobar, Lorraine, Understanding the Composition of Costanoan Indians, San Jose State University (Online)