ANT 1101 Midterm: Notes Before Midterm 1.docx
Document Summary
A system of sound and gestures when put together by a certain set of rules are understood as a form of communication. Refers to the ways in which people hold their body that communicate a meaning. Culturally dictated, learned from an early age: proxemics. Has to do with culturally determined distances. How close do you get to someone when talking: paralanguage. Voice qualities: if your voice rises at the end of the sentence, trembling voice, talking really fast, etc. Vocalizations: emphasis on particular words, inflictions placed to determined tone, introjections (umm, like, yaknow) Ethnography of speaking": social dialects (class, age, ethnicity, style. Language forms: dialect: a varying form of a language that reflects regional or social differences, pidgin: develop as a way for people to deal with each other on a daily basis also known as a. Trade language": creole: a pidgin that has existed long enough and has solidified rules and becomes taught as a mother tongue.
