Chapter 3 Flashcards
anthropology
the study of humans
cognitive anthropology
the relationship between mind and society
creole
language dialects
diffusion
the merge of cultures
culture
the learned behavior of a group of people
enculturation
learning to be a member of a particular culture group
innovation
cultural invention that usually spreads directly or indirectly
languaculture
the connection between language and culture
norms
cultural pattern that influences societal behavior
pidgin
language of contact that emerges to ease communication between two societies
subcultures
branch of a dominant culture that has differing values and norms
symbol
something that stands for something else
transculturation
development of new cultural forms