ANT 1101 Study Guide - Nonverbal Communication, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
11 Jul 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Language: a system of communication using sounds or gestures put together in meaningful ways according to a set of rules. Symbols: sounds or gestures that stand for meanings among groups of people. Signal: a sound or gesture that has a natural or self-evident meaning. Linguistics: the modern scientific study of all aspects of language: goes back to the works of ancient grammarians in india more than 2000 years ago. Linguistic anthropologists examine the way people use language, both verbal and nonverbal, to develop social relationships with each other, and to create, maintain, and reproduce social distinctions. Phonetics: the study of the production, transmission, and reception of speech sounds. Morphemes: in linguistics, the smallest units of sound that carry meaning: bound morphemes: a sound that can occur in a language only in combination with other sounds, as. S" in english does to signify the plural: free morphemes: morphemes that can occur unattached in a language; for example, dog and cat.
