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52 Cards in this Set
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What is linguistic anthropology?
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the study of language in social and cultural contexts.
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What is historical linguistics?
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The reconstruction of ancient languages by comparing to contemporary descendents.
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Three faces of language
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context
meaning expression |
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Phonology
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the study of speech sounds (structure)
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Morphology
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study of forms in which sounds combine to form morphemes- words and parts
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Lexicon
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dictionary containing morphemes and meanings
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syntax
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arrangement and order of words
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"Universal Grammar"
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Noam Chomskey
brain has limited set of rules for organizing languages so all languages have same structure. all humans have some linguistic ability |
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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different languages hace different ways of thiingking
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Pidgin
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a language that is created so that 2 unintelligible speechs can communicate (arose in trade centers)
NO NATIVE SPEAKERS |
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Creole
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when a pidgin becomes a mother tounge
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Features of language
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Arbitrainess
Displacement Productivity Learnability and transmission |
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Arbitrainess
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features of language have no direct relation to meaning but are agreed-on symbols
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Displacement
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the ability to talk about things not present
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Productivity
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ability to produce new expressions
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Learnability and transmission
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transmitted through learning from generation to generation
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Characteristics of animal call systems
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Limited number of sounds
Sounds are produced as response to stimuli |
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Kinesics
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the study of communication through movements, stances, and gestures
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Proxemics
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the study of the effect and degree of spatial separation of individuals and how it varies across cultures
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language vs. communication systems
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Displacement stimuli-dependent
Productivity limited # of calls Cultural Transmission no combo of calls species specific |
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Sociolinguistics
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investigates how language differs across class, gender, culture
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Women in Conversation
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ask questions
less forceful you and we eye contact relax around women uptight around men |
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Men in conversation
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interupt and challenge
delayed response control topic and conversation forceful no eye contact relaxed stance |
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What does forensic anthropology mean?
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anthropologists help law enforcement agencies identify human remains.
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Deomographics
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sex, age, population, stature, cause of death
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Osteology
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study of bones
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Osteometry
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measuring of bones
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Histology
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study of tissue at cellular level
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Pathology
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study of diseases
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Comparitive anatomy
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knowing the differece between human and non-human bones
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knowledge and skills of forensic anthropologists
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archaeology
osteology osteometry record keeping and photographing histology pathology comparative anatoy |
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Subpubic angle
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Men: less than 90 degrees
Women: more than 90 degrees |
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Pubic Shape
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Men: triangle
Women: rectangle |
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Sacrum
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Men: small and curved
Women: large and straight |
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Greater Sciatic Notch (thumb)
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Men: deep and narrow
Women: shallow and wide |
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mastoid process
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Men: large and blunt
Women: small and sharp |
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Frontal Bone
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men: sloped
woment: elevated |
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Supraorbital rim
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men: rounded
women: sharp |
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external occipital pruteburance
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Men: well developed
Women: abscent |
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Dental Eruption
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reliable until 15 years old
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epiphyseal fusion
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bone growth
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Pubic Symphyseal Face
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billowing among youth
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Climate
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winter from Sept.-May
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Summer at Norway House
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gathered at fort
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Winter at Norway House
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dispersed
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SEIR Model
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Susceptible (agents at risk of infection)
Exposed (agents are infected, not infectious) Infected (agents who aer infected and infectious) Recovered (agents who have recovered) |
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Three Basic Components of Agent-based Model
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Agents - people
Environment - landscape Rules of Behavior - for agents and environment |
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Parameters
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population
contact between people movement disease |
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Discriptive Linguistics
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study of the structure of language and specific variations among languages
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Congnates
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words that are similar in two or more languages as a result of common descent
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Jargon
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vocab of a special group
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slang
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vocab of a fad
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