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Anthropology CH4

TermDefinition
Displacement Because our language is symbolic we can talk about people/events that aren't right in front of us
Arbitrariness No natural sound associated with an object-usually no correspondence from word to object
Productivity Limited letters can create new words Limited words can create new sentences
Discreteness Look at words and they only have one pronunciation-English is not discrete
Duality Language has two levels sound and meaning
Phonology Study of the sounds of a language
Phoneme Sound contrast that makes a difference and changes that words
Minimal Pair test 2 words are identical except for a sounds/group of sounds pit/bit
Morphology Study of meaningful sound sequences of a language and rules by which they are formed
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis The language one speaks, shapes and influences their world view.
Sociolinguistics Study of interaction between language, society, and culture
Borrowing Terms Putting a foreign word in your vocabulary-deja vu
Linguistic Nationalism Pride for your language and you resist new vocabulary
Group Membership Most jobs/hobbies have a certain vocabulary
Kinesics Study of body language
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