linguistics Flashcards
Body language, nonverbal communication
Kinesics
Use of space
How far do we stand from one another
How are buildings constructed
Proxemics
Study one language at one point in time
Descriptive Linguistics
Studies Language families and language over time
Historic/Comparative Linguistics
Sounds/ phonetics/phonemics
phonology
Morphology
Form and Meaning
Derivations (-ing, -s)
Bound morph– affixes that cannot stand alone
Free morph– words
Rules about sequencing and relationships
Word, Order, Parts of Speech
Subject/Verb/Object
Syntax/grammar
what did Sapir-Whorf study
language and thought
We share underlying/biological ability to learn a language, but each language is unique
Cultural transmission
Like symbols, the relation between a word and its meaning is learned (not innate)
Arbitrary
Languages can create new forms
productive
Talk about things outside of vision
displacement
Language Loss and Death
Language Revitalization
Globalization
