Vocabulary
The way of life of a group of people
What is culture?
For example, the car owned by the family down the street
What is an artifact?
This language family has 8 branches, only 4 of which are commonly used
What is the Indo-European branch?
Although it is classified as a member of the Germanic branch, most English words are from this language branch
What is the Romance branch?
Diffusion that diffuses without people needing to move
What is expansion diffusion?
The act of using your own culture as the center of your beliefs about other cultures
What is Ethnocentrism?
For example, Islam or Christianity
What is a mentifact?
This branch is called so because it formed out of Latin, the language spoken by Rome
What is the Romance branch?
English spread to North America & the Caribbean through this type of diffusion
What is relocation diffusion?
Jeremy recently moved to New York City. He feels like he belongs in a bustling city much more than in the old small town he used to live in. Jeremy is experiencing this notion
What is your "sense of place"?
A place name given to try to show some valued cultural trait, such as a religion or folk hero
What is a toponym?
For example, a family rule that the child must be home by 9:00
What is a sociofact?
This language branch includes Scandinavian languages, as well as German, and Dutch
What is the Germanic branch?
English is now a good example of this type of language, one used for international communication
What is a lingua franca?
Pop culture merges with folk culture in this cultural phenomenon
What is cultural convergence?
This occurs when two or more cultural traits interact with each other
What is a culture complex?
For example, the notion that Japanese children should attend Saturday school
What is a mentifact?
Russian is the most common language of this branch, which dominates in Eastern Europe
What is the Balto-Slavic branch?
English was created from both Germanic and Romance languages when the Germans invaded England, through this kind of phenomenon
What is cultural convergence?
One example is retirement homes, that do their best to encompass everything an elderly person would need, in order to make them feel at home
What is placemaking?
The name for the type of culture that is heterogeneous and spreads across many regions
What is pop culture?
For example, the Indian caste system
What is a sociofact?
This branch has the most speakers, out of all the Indo-European languages. Some languages it encompasses includes Farsi, Pashto, and Kurdish
What is the Indo-Iranian branch?
English became this type of language classification when it became the official language of the English court & law
What is an institutionalized language?
For example, when Rome entered the city of Corinth, they tore down everything in the city as a threat to Greece. Julius Ceaser recolonized the city, and then built up a grand ampitheater there
What is sequent occupance?