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“Centered ordinality accounts for hierarchically ordered and yet reciprocal social relations (the first must attend to the second, who is attending to the first, and so on), whether those manifested in consensually recognized pre-eminence in informal settings, or in complex and organized institutions.”

— Adam Katz, Language, the Deepest and Most Reliable Tradition · Jan 2017 · GABlog