ANTHRO 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Grey Matter, Franz Boas, Indexicality
21 Dec 2016
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Week 2: briefly define codes-switching and give an example of it. Code-switching : when a speaker alternates between two or more languages (or varieties within a single language) in the context of a single conversation. = competence; language system in the abstract (he sees this as primary) Abstract and usually unconscious knowledge about rules of language. Language = reduced/ decontextualized to a set of formal rules. Compared to linguistic anthropologists = inherently social: give an example of the work of a specific linguistic anthropologist (name of researcher and what they researched) It alternates existing vocab (shorten or changes it) and add new vocabs (selfie) Why is variety preferred as a term: briefly define the concept of emergence. Language & culture produced through actions & words from people over time since human actions can shape languages & whole produced > than sum of its parts: briefly define lexicon. Morphology: study of the internal structure of words (suffixes, prefixes, infixes)
