AN101 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method, Language Ideology, Communicative Competence
24 Jun 2013
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Anthropology- the study of human nature, human society and human history. Co-evolution- the relationship between biological processes and symbolic cultural processes in which each makes up an important part of the environment to which the other must adapt. Communicative competence- term coined by dell hymes to refer to the mastery of adult rules for socially and culturally appropriate speech. Comparative- a characteristic of the anthropological perspective that requires anthropologists to consider similarities and differences in as wide as range of human societies as possible before generalizing about human nature. society and human history. Conflict dualism- the struggle between spirit and the flesh. Culture shock- physical and mental dislocation and stress can be expected. Design features- characteristics of language that when taken together differentiate it from other known animal communication systems. Determinism- the philosophical view that one simple force causes complex events. Discourse- a stretch of speech longer that a sentence united by a common theme.
