Exam 3 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Displacement
Ability to talk about something that isn’t here
What is language? (3 things)
Communicate
Teach generations
Understanding of cultures
Definition of language
Symbolic system of sounds with a grammar that makes sense to the people that use it
Words don’t have____ they have _____
Meaning, usage
Closed call system
System of communication that uses a limited number of sounds to convey meaning
Open call system
Uses a limited number of sounds to communicate in a very specific and technological way
2 structures of language
Phonological & grammatical
Phoneme
Smallest unit of sound
Morpheme
Smallest unit of meaning
Two types of morphemes
Bound- only has meaning when attached to another morpheme
Free-has meaning standing alone
Grammar
set of rules (phonemes-> morphemes, morphemes-> words, words-> sentences)
Syntax
Order of words in a sentence
Diglosic
Two versions of the same language that you use depending on the social situation that you’re in
BEV
Black English vernacular
Slang/ street talk
Ebonics
Creole
Cajun & Acadian
Multivolcalic
Having many or different meanings
Proxemics-
Has to do with space
Kinesics
Body movement
Labov
Anthropologist- interested in how language is used
Subsistence
How we go about getting our food
4 ways we go about getting food
Hunting/ gathering
Horticulture(slash/burn)
Pastoralism- hearding
Agriculture
Economics
1) production/conversion
2) system of distribution
3) consumption
System of distribution
Redistribution
Reciprocity
Reciprocity
Generalized
Balanced
Negative
