Glossary of Linguistic Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Download Glossary of Linguistic Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Introduction to Cultural Anthropology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 language DEFINITION 1 primary means of human communication, spoke and written TERM 2 call systems DEFINITION 2 communication systems of non human primates TERM 3 cultural transmission DEFINITION 3 transmission through learning, basic to language TERM 4 productivity DEFINITION 4 creating new expressions that are comprehensible to other speakers TERM 5 displacement DEFINITION 5 describing things and events that are not present, basic to language TERM 6 kinesics DEFINITION 6 study of communication through body movement and facial expressions TERM 7 phonology DEFINITION 7 study of languages phonemics and phonetics TERM 8 morphology DEFINITION 8 study of morphemes and word construction TERM 9 lexion DEFINITION 9 vocab: all morphemes in a language and their meanings TERM 10 syntax DEFINITION 10 arrangement of words in phrases and sentences TERM 21 Black English Vernacular DEFINITION 21 rule-governed dialect spoken by some African Americans TERM 22 daughter language DEFINITION 22 language sharing a comment parent language TERM 23 protolanguage DEFINITION 23 language ancestral to several daughter languages TERM 24 subgroups DEFINITION 24 linguisticly closely related languages TERM 25 historical linguistics DEFINITION 25 study of languages over time TERM 26 ethnic group DEFINITION 26 one among several culturally distinct groups in a society or region TERM 27 ethnicity DEFINITION 27 identification with an ethnic group TERM 28 ascribed status DEFINITION 28 social status based on little or no choice- its what your born with TERM 29 achieved status DEFINITION 29 social status based on choices or accomplishments TERM 30 status DEFINITION 30 any position that determines where someone fits in society TERM 31 race DEFINITION 31 ethnic group assumed to have a biological basis TERM 32 racism DEFINITION 32 discrimination against an ethnic group assumed to have a biological basis TERM 33 descent DEFINITION 33 social identity based on ancestry TERM 34 hypo-descent DEFINITION 34 children assigned to same group as minorities parent example : white mother, black father, the child would be considered black TERM 35 stratified DEFINITION 35 class structured with differences in wealth prestige and power TERM 46 stereotypes DEFINITION 46 fixed ideas-often unfavorable-about what members of a group are like TERM 47 genocide DEFINITION 47 deliberate elimination of a group through mass murder TERM 48 ethnocide DEFINITION 48 destruction of cultures of certain ethnic groups TERM 49 cultureal colonialism DEFINITION 49 internal domination by one group and its culture or ideology over others TERM 50 refugees DEFINITION 50 people who flee to escape persecution or war