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Uniqueness of Human Communication
the Structure of Language
Language and Culture
Nonverbal Communication
Language Change
100
the notion that, in human language, words are only arbitrarily connected to the things they stand for
What is conventionality?
100
the smallest significant unit of sound in a language- it can change the meaning of the word
What is a phoneme?
100
the specialization within anthro that focuses on speech as a performance
What is sociolinguistics?
100
the study of touch
What is haptics?
100
statistical technique to estimate the date of separation between related languages
What is glottochronology?
200
While humans have language, nonhuman primates have this
What is a call system?
200
the total set of sounds that make up a language
What are phones?
200
a form of English spoken by many African Americans, particularly among those of rural or urban working class backgrounds.
What is African American Vernacular English/ Ebonics?
200
the study of cultural understanding of time
What is chronemics?
200
between 1400 and 1600 the sounds of many English vowels changed in systematic ways - this is called ___
What is the great vowel shift?
300
creating new expressions that are understandable to others. "baboonlet" "bromance"
What is productivity?
300
the smallest unit of a language that has meaning. Ex. Cow and boy
What is a morpheme?
300
Language is partially responsible for how people view the world
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
300
study of the cultural use of space
What is proxemics?
300
Why are we losing languages?
loss of speakers due to disease or genocide, government policies eliminating languages, linguistic homogenization
400
the capacity of all human languages to describe things beyond the here and now
What is displacement?
400
Bound and free
What are the two kinds of morphemes?
400
the ability to speak differently in different social situations
What is code switching or style shifting?
400
the study of body position, movement, facial expressions, and gaze
What is kinesics?
400
the fact that we had about 15,000 languages 10,000 years ago and today we only have 6,500 is an example of this
What is linguistic homogenization?
500
the primary means of human communication including both the spoken and written word
What is language?
500
the arrangement of words to form phrases and sentences
What is syntax?
500
What are some of the rules you follow when it comes to speaking?
When you can speak? To whom you can speak? What you can say?
500
The most recognizable physical movement an individual makes, and also the most difficult to disguise.
What is your walk?
500
dot com, twitter, facebook - these are all examples of new words that stem from this cultural adaptation
What is technology?