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25 Cards in this Set
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Who benefits from written language? How so?
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the elite; the literate
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How are languages lost?
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death/war; cultural oppression; immigration
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What is code switching and when do we use it?
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changing from one level of language to another
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What is focal vocabulary?
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jargin(specific to a group)
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What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
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linguistic relativity - the way you speak influence the way you see the world
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Why is phonology important?
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small sounds that changes meaning; so you know how to communicate
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What is Chomsky's universal grammer?
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limited set of english rules that are biologically in our brains
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What is kinesics?
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how we use our bodies to communicate
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What is a symbol?
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sound/gesture whose meaning is not self-evident
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What is a signal?
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sound/gesture whose meaning is self-evident (instinctual)
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What is displacement?
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talking about things that are not physically present
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What is a dialect?
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variation in language that reflects region or class but still mutually intelligble (accents)
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What is enculturation?
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the social process by which culture is learned and transmitted through generations
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What is holism?
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interested in the whole human condition; past, present, and future
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What is fieldwork?
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ethnohistory including comparative work
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What is a good aspect of ethnocentrism?
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group solidarity
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What is ethnocentrism?
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the tendency to view one's own culture as best and to judge the behavior and beliefs of culturally different people by one's own standards
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How do you define culture?
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shared patterns of learned behavior
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What is anthropology?
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the study of human species
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What is an extreme aspect of ethnocentrism?
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genocide
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How do you define cultural relativity?
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the position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect in their own terms
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What is participant observation?
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living in a culture that is not your own while also keeping a detailed record of your observations and interviews
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The metaphorical ladder discussed in class?
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categorized upward evolution
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Top of the ladder? Middle? Bottom?
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top- civil; middle- barbarism; bottom- savages
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Is Ebonics a form of English? or is it just incorrect?
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yes; yes it is incorrect
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