ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: African American Vernacular English, Charter Of The French Language, Jerky

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

Document Summary

Displacement: the ability to refer to objects and events removed in time and space. The ability to describe actions and objects that occurred in another time and place. Helped ancient humans communicate, strategize and analyze the world around them. Set humans on the path towards cultural complexity. It enabled early human groups to communicate much more deeply than contemporary hominid populations. Also ensured that human culture could be communicated effectively across time and space. Language is not just a system it is a completely symbolic system. Culture is learned and that its transmission from one person to another and from one generation to the next, depends on an effective communication system. A basic requirement for any culture is a means of communication between individuals. All cultures accomplish this communication through some form of language, which is perhaps the most distinctive of all human characteristics.