Chapter 3
Anthropology 1023 with Philips at University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
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By: Adam Doubek
Textbook:
Annual Editions: Anthropology 10/11
Cengage Advantage Books: Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach
Created: 2011-09-05
Size: 18 flashcards
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five properties of language
discreteness, arbitrariness, productivity, displacement, and multimedia potential
discreteness
minimal units of sound and meaning may be combined in different ways to communicate messages
arbitrariness
meaning of words cannot be understood or deduced by people who do not know the language
productivity
finite number of words can be combined into an infinite number of novel sentences
displacement
people can discuss objects, persons, and events that are not immediately present or that are imaginary, future, or only possible
multimedia potential
messages can be transmitted through many media (Sound, print, sight, electronic)
grammar
total system of linguistic knowledge that allows the speakers of a language to send meaningful messages that hearers can understand
dialects
variations in a single language based on factors such a regions, subculture, ethnic identity, and socioeconomic class
phenology
the study of the sound system of language
phoneme
the smallest unit of sound that speakers unconsciously recognize as distinctive from other sounds; when one phoneme is substituted for another in a morpheme, the meaning of the morpheme alters
tone languages
languages in which changing voice pitch within a word alters the entire meaning of the word
morphology
the study of the units of meaning in language
morpheme
a combination of phonemes that communicates a standardized meaning
free morphemes
a morpheme that can be used alone
bound morphemes
a morpheme attached to a free morpheme to alter its meaning socio
sociolinguistics
speciality within cultural anthropology that studies how language is related to culture and the social uses of speech
sematic domain
a class of things or properties perceived as alike in some fundamental respect; hierarchically organized
sapir-whorf hypothesis (or the linguistic relativity hypothesis)
the idea that language profoundly shapes the perceptions and worldview of its speakers
About this deck
By: Adam Doubek
Textbook: Annual Editions: Anthropology 10/11
Cengage Advantage Books: Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach
Created: 2011-09-05
Size: 18 flashcards
Views: 47
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Annual Editions: Anthropology 10/11 Cengage Advantage Books: Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based ApproachCreated: 2011-09-05
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