Chapter 4 Flashcards
Anthropological linguistics
The study of language from an anthropological point of view
Language
A system of communication consisting of words sounds and grammar
Philology
Comparative study of ancient texts and documents
Proto language
The hypothetical common ancestral language of two or more living languages
Cognate words
Words in two languages that show the same systematic sound shifts as other words in the two languages
Descriptive linguistics
The systematic analysis and description of languages sound system and grammar
Phonology
The systematic pattern of sounds in a language
Morphology
The structure of words and formation in a language
Syntax
The pattern of word order used to form sentences and longer utterances in a language
Sociolinguistic
The study of how sociocultural context and norms shape language use and the effects of language use on society
Linguistics relativity
The idea that people speaking different languages perceive or interpret the world differently because of difference in their languages
Creole languages
The language of mixed origin that had developed from a complex blending of two parent languages and exists as a mother tongue for some part of the population
Pidgin language
Mixed language with a simplified grammar typically borrowing its vocabulary from one language but it’s grammar from another
Language ideology
Widespread assumptions that people make about the relative sophistication and status of particular dialects and languages
