A word, object, or image that stands in for something else. Humans use these extensively.
What are symbols (signs)?
100
This moustached fellow is known as the father of modern anthropology.
Who is Franz Boas?
100
Agar uses this metaphor to describe the separation of language and culture
What is "the circle"?
100
The proposal that the particular language we speak influences the way we think about reality.
What is the linguistic relativity hypothesis?
100
Firsthand or direct immersion and observation of the people or culture a researcher is trying to understand
What is fieldwork?
200
The field that studies signs and their meanings.
What is semiotics?
200
For Ferdinand de Saussure there was a difference between everyday talk and language that one studies. This distinction is known as these two terms:
What are langue / parole OR language/ speech
200
The way people talk in ordinary situations for Agar is called what term (starts with a D)
What is discourse?
200
The idea that language determines thought (now largely disproved)
What is linguistic determinism?
200
The assumption that one’s own way of doing things is correct, while dismissing other people’s practices or views as wrong or ignorant
What is ethnocentrism?
300
Charles S Peirce developed another theory of the sign. His theory divided signs into this number of parts
What is 3 (sign, signifier and interpretant)
300
For Boas, it was important to understand people's beliefs from their own point of view. This position is known by THIS term...
What is cultural relativism?
300
When you suddenly don't know what's going on in a languagculture, Agar says these opportunities are THIS term...
What are rich points?
300
The linguistic relativity hypothesis by another name (Clue- two people's names)
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
300
Ferdinand de Saussure identified all symbols as being made up these two parts
What are signifier and signified?
400
Pierce named these three distinct sign types.
What are icon, index and symbol?
400
A student of Boas, this fellow said that humans are "very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society"
Who is Edward Sapir?
400
A coherent set of differences, created in social interaction over time...
What is culture?
400
Grammatical categories of a particular language will lead speakers to think about things in different ways (one of several types of relativity)
What is structural relativity?
400
The branch of linguistics that studies units of sound
What is phonology?
500
A sign that refers to its object by means of similarity (images, maps, diagrams) is known as this
What is an icon?
500
A student of Sapir, this part time insurance salesman took great interest in the Hopi's conceptions of time.
Who is Benjamin Whorf?
500
A way of finding out what norms/rules are by breaking them. This term is named after the sociologist who invented this practice
What is Garfinkling? (After Garfinkle)
500
Teaching animals to use sign to see if they are capable of complex thoughts is known as testing this type of linguistic relativity...
What is semiotic relativity?
500
The branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words (eg adding an S to make a plural)