Folk/Pop Culture
The culture that is practiced by most people. People who follow the trends and what's new.
What is popular culture?
A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocab, spelling, and pronunciation.
What is dialect?
The diffusion of a language into a different place in the world that doesn't speak the same language.
What is how does a dialect form?
The attempt to be global, appeals to all people, wherever they might be.
What is universalizing religion?
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
What is taboo?
A large group that stays with the trends and keep up with what's new.
What is Heterogeneous?
Word usage boundaries in the world.
What is isogloss?
The way something is moved from place to place or from person to person. A->B.
What is diffusion?
Appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place.
What is ethnic religion?
Small group of people who don't follow trends.
What is homogeneous?
Multiple languages in a place.
What is multilingual?
The specific places a culture is practiced. Where the culture is in the world.
What is distribution?
The three largest universalizing religions in the world.
What is Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism?
Culture that is practiced by a small group of people. People who stay with tradition.
What is folk culture?
A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning.
What is language?
When something diffuses from a top class person down to bottom class. (For example, an Emperor)
What is hierarchical diffusion?
The world's largest ethnic religion.
What is Hinduism?