Language and Culture Flashcards
1
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Linguistic Relativity
A
the idea that to some extent we think about the world using categories provided by our language
2
Q
Linguistic determinism
A
The idea that we can only think in the categories provided by our language
3
Q
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Argued that the languages of Native Americans led them to view the world differently from those who spoke European languages
4
Q
Daniel Everett
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Linguist and anthropologist that documented the Piraha people, claimed they had no basic color terms, cardinal/ordinate numbers, less of a concept of time
5
Q
How many colors does English have
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11
6
Q
Basic color terms
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Black, white, red, yellow/green
7
Q
Kinship terms
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not all cultures have the same types of kinship terms
