ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Linguistic Anthropology, Nonverbal Communication
6 Mar 2015
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Unit 4 displacement: the ability to refer to objects and events removed in time and space (describing actions and objects that occurred in another time and place) Smile is a signal of happiness other animals have been able to communicate in the most remarkable ways. Linguistic anthropology has many areas of inquiry, including this one: Bit and pit: morphemes: the smallest units of sound that carry meaning. This makes it very hard for linguistics to truly translate another language: within the human language, there"s the gesture-call system (a. k. a. the nonverbal communication) It provides listeners with the appropriate frame for interpreting what the speaker is saying. We can learn their age, gender and individual identity of the speaker through this frame; it can also convey emotions kinesics: a system of notating and analyzing postures, facial expressions and body motions that convey messages.
