What is linguistic anthropology?
What does linguistic anthropology examine?
The relationships between language, culture, and society
What is an example of the ethnographic methods used in linguistic anthropology?
Documentation, through writing fieldnotes and/or using audio or film to record language use in practice, interviews, and experiments.
Linguistic anthropologists are most interested in __________ functions.
Non-referential
What do linguistics study?
The study of language and its meaning
Maine
Linguistic anthropologists regard language as a form of ____________.
Social action
What is a longitudinal study?
Studies to look at the socialization of language over a period of time.
What is the definition of a non-referential function?
A function(s) that reveals how language generates meaning in context.
Students spend ________ years on average in a Ph.D. program.
6-8 years
What are the only mammals that cannot jump?
Elephants
People hold beliefs and ideas or make statements about language that reflect their ________, ________, and _________.
Values, norms, and political stances.
What is socialization?
Refers to how novices use spoken language, sign language, and homesigns to acquire cultural and communicative competence.
Language forms and practices act as markers of ______, _______, ______, ______, and _________.
Gender, ethnicity, religion, race, class, age, and sexual orientation.
Sheds light on the diverse and complex ways that humans everywhere live, struggle, and express themselves.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
Linguistic anthropology is one of anthropology’s _______ major fields.
4
What is a contemporary area of research central to how communication and language evolves over time based on technology?
Some linguistic anthropologists also study virtual worlds and digital spaces to understand how new media.
A trademark feature is that linguistic anthropologists use __________ methods to study how people use language in daily life.
Ethnographic
Linguistic anthropology does closely overlap with two linguistic subfields:
Applied linguistics and qualitative (or interactional) sociolinguistics.
Where was hawaiian pizza invented?
Ontario, Canada
Approximately how many languages are currently spoken around the world?
7,000 languages
What is an example of how specific languages have “grammatical genders?”
In German the world for sun is feminine and the word for moon is masculine. In spanish, the word for sun is masculine and the word for sun is feminine.
Why can’t you say “I broke my arm” in some other languages? How does this show that different languages elucidate different meanings?
Based on the language of the Australian aboriginal group, time is determined by what factor?
Time is determined by landscape.
What do the candy M&Ms stand for?
"Mars" and "Murrie"