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Anth 411 Exam 2
Language - correct answer ✔Key system of symbols, organized by certain
rules, to convey information


Animal/human communication - correct answer ✔Similar communication
tactics between animals and humans


Unique characteristics of human language - correct answer ✔Every culture
has a different way of using their human language. Words like key in english
is different from ki in Japanese and qui in French


Silence and communication - correct answer ✔- studied by Keith Basso, lack
of words communicates things toothey use silence when:
1.) meeting strangers
2.) kids coming home (be silent to see how they've changed while gone)
3.) during mourning or sadness
4.) when people are courting
5.) when someone is being cured or healed, don't speak to them because they
might not be in their right mind
6.) when someone is cussing you out


Descriptive Linguistics - correct answer ✔the study of the sounds, symbols,
and gestures of a language, and their combination into forms that
communicate meaning


Phonemes - correct answer ✔in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit

, Morphemes - correct answer ✔The smallest units of meaning in a language.


Syntax - correct answer ✔The arrangement of words and phrases to create
well-formed sentences in a language.


Focal vocabulary - correct answer ✔specialized sets of terms and
distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups


Socio-Linguistics - correct answer ✔The study in which culture shapes
language, language shapes culture, and particularly with cultural
categories/systems of power like race, gender, class, and age


Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - correct answer ✔the idea that different languages
create different ways of thinking


Paralanguage - correct answer ✔an extensive set of noises (such as cries)
and tones of voice that convey significant information about the speaker


Kinesics - correct answer ✔body language


Power-posing - correct answer ✔standing in a confident way even if you
don't feel confident


iHunch - correct answer ✔developed posture over time due to looking down
at cellphones/technology
back is hunched over, leads to depression, etc.


Pidgin - correct answer ✔A simplified form of speech developed from two or
more languages

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