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AnthropologyTerms
Basic terms for Anthropology - chapter 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The existence of high and low dialects of a single language. | diglossia |
| A basic feature of language; the ability to speak of things and events that are not present. | displacement |
| The study of lexical contrasts and classifications in various languages. | ethnosemantics |
| A term used with people, often by being added to their names, to "honor" them. | honorific |
| The study of communication through body movements, stances, gestures, and facial expressions. | kinesics |
| Human beings' primary means of communication; may be spoken or written. | language |
| Vocabulary; a dictionary containing all the morphemes in a language and their meanings. | lexicon |
| The study of form; used in linguistics and for form in general - example, biomorphology relates to physical form. | morphology |
| The study of speech sounds in general; what people actually say in various languages. | phonetics |
| A basic feature of language; the ability to use the rule's of one's language to create new expressions comprehensible to other speakers. | productivity |
| A language meaning system. | semantics |
| The arrangement and order of works in phrases and sentences. | syntax |
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Mrs.Barlow
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