Chapter 2

Question 1

One characteristic that sets anthropology apart from other social sciences is:

Answer 1

A strong fieldwork component

Question 2

In the initial phases of fieldwork, the anthropologist prefers to use people who have had extended experience in the anthropologist’s own society

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The immersion of anthropological field-workers for an extended period of time in the day-to-day life of the people whom they study is referred to as:

Answer 3

Participant observation

Question 4

A collection of data used as a basis for an analysis or description is referred to as a:

Answer 4

Corpus

Question 5

Drawing out information from an informant is called:

Answer 5

Elicitation

Question 6

To emphasize the relationship between culture and society, anthropologists use the term:

Answer 6

Sociocultural

Question 7

Alessandro Duranti argues that there have been three paradigms in linguistic anthropology. What are they?

Answer 7

First Americanist paradigm (anthropological linguistics), sociolinguistic paradigm (linguistic anthropology), and social constructivism

Question 8

Linguistic anthropology studies language in _ context

Answer 8

Sociocultural

Question 9

Linguistic anthropology breakdown:

Answer 9

Pre 1960’s: historical perspective of linguistics
60’s - 80’s: sociocultural perspective of linguistics
80’s - 2,000s: social constructivism

Question 10

The native speaker from whom the researcher collects information is referred to as the:

Answer 10

Consultant

Question 11

Chomsky showed the remarkable similarities shared by all languages which he called:

Answer 11

Universal grammar

Question 12

A connection between this chapter and the video is:

Answer 12

Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar and Simon Curvey’s fruit and random language study (every time people took the test, they changed the language bit by bit until a structure/pattern was developed)

Question 13

What is plato’s problem?

Answer 13

The idea that humans seem to know more things than we are explicitly taught - perfect triangle example

Question 14

How do you select your consultants?

Answer 14

You need to select a consultant who is proficient in the language of the society you are studying. It is also important to choose consultants who represent different positionalities within that society so that you get multiple perspectives to get the whole picture.