Prt 4:Yu Flashcards

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refers to fieldwork, supplemented by techniques developed in other areas of study (notably conversation analysis, history, and pragmatics), which produces a written description of the way of life of a group of people.

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Ethnography

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A remark taken as criticism can lead to a change in tone and indicate a misinterpretation of the original message.

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Misinterpretation

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view fillers like “er,” “uh,” and “um” with stigma, among Ngandi speakers, the word “jara” is fully acceptable and used to fill pauses while searching for a specific noun.

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English speakers

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something that develops and perhaps even changes significantly while two or more individuals are interacting rather than as something that is given, or fixed.

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Context as a process

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Those features of the settings that are used at particular stages of the interaction to aid

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Contextualization cues

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This hypothesis proposes that language influences thought and perception but doesn’t entirely determine them.

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Linguistic relativism

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describes a verb action that occurs in a very short period of time, often as a single, momentary event.

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Panctual aspect

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The Hopi language is spoken by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona in the United States
 Whorf highlighted that Hopi, unlike English, had a rich linguistic framework for describing vibratile phenomena, using versatile verb forms.

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Hopi language

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  • Have been a source of fascination for anthropologists ever since early ethnographers noticed that “non- Western” peoples often have very different ways of dividing up the color spectrum.
    It was puzzling to find that so natural and neutral a stimulus as the color spectrum could be divided up in hundreds of different ways
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Color terminologies

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grouping based on similar factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation.

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Social class

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Certain words are used by women much more frequently than by men. Among such words are expressive adjectives that convey approval or admiration—for example, delightful, spectacular, charming, divine, lovely, fascinating, and sweet—and fashionable color names—for example, beige, chartreuse, fuchsia, magenta, and mauve.

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Vocabulary and word choice

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is the use of a “tag question” in certain contexts. The term refers to a question attached to an utterance to obtain the assent of the addressee, as in “That was a silly thing for them to do, wasn’t it?” Seeking confirmation or validation of a statement may indicate the speaker’s desire to avoid assertiveness

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tag question

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Another way women may try to avoid assertiveness is to use so-called hedge words or phrases, such as maybe, rather, perhaps, I guess, sort of, I am wondering, and others. A sentence using a hedge word may even be combined with a tag question, as in the first of the following examples: “You are rather tired, aren’t you?”

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Hedges

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Entails interaction among individuals who have different languages, cultures, and traditions. It occurs when people communicate, negotiate, and establish information while leaning on their diverse cultural origins.

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Intercultural Communication

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Are cultural differences that individuals may refuse to compromise on. It arises when there is a difference in beliefs and perspectives about a topic of discussion. Filipinos and Chinese perspectives about clocks.

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Cultural Collision

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n is an act, process, or instance of translating one language to another.
 It is essential when conversing with individuals who speak different languages, as it enables people to understand one another.

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Translation