ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Logogram, Proto-Indo-European Language
1 Nov 2016
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Language is a product of the brain, speech a product of the vocal tract. Language: a system of cultural knowledge used to generate and interpret speech, a socially agreed upon common code of communication. In searching for the origins of hominid language, physical anthropologist study the shape of the skull, or the elusive hyoid bone, in order to determine the extent of language ability in early hominids. They wish to know what biological traits are related to language production: historical linguists seek to answer the enduring riddle of the origin of the indo- Other realms of linguistic anthropology: relationship between nationalism and language, role of language in mass media, applying anthropological research to promote improved language learning. Regna darnell: prominent canadian linguist/anthropologist, fluency in native languages, fluency in european languages (cid:498)language is hallmark for our species. )t is upon language that human culture itself depends. (cid:499)
