ANTH100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Grok, Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Preposition And Postposition

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH100
• Professor: Robert Park

Document Summary

A system of arbitrary symbols by means of which people in a social group interact with each other and transmit their culture. A system for the communication, in symbols, of any kind of information. Can include feminine and masculine discourse in relation to words. What is considered the proper way to use words and speak. Basic steps in linguistic analysis to learn grammatical rules. Meanings distinguished by just one sound contrast (p vs b) Therefore, p and b are phonemes in english. Languages differ in the number of concepts/meanings per word . Happy i here in be because i. This is why translating directly, word for word, between languages often doesn"t work. Different contexts give different meanings to words. He gave a bone to the dog. Agent (subject) - who did the giving (he) Theme (direct object) - what was given (a bone) Goal (indirect object) the recipient of what was given (the dog)