Topic #1-4 Flashcards
Culture relativism
Not be judged by standards of another culture
Paradigm
Way to Look, see, think about the world
Ethnocentrism
View ones culture as superior
Historical linguists
Evolution of language
Sociolinguistics
Different sexes use language; sex/gender, dialect shift or language shift
Grammar
Syntax
Lexicon
Dictionary
Phonology
Sounds in a language
Morphology
Depends on context and convey meaning
4 subfields of anthropology
Archeology
Biological
Linguistic
Cultural
3 fields of linguistic anthropology
Descriptive
Historical
Sociolinguistics
2 fields of cultural anthropology
Ethnography
Ethnology
Taboo
Forbidden
Cultural universal examples
Ex.1: insect taboo
Ex. 2: every culture has a connect of “family”
5 interests within biological anthropology:
Paleoanthropology Human genetics Human growth and development Human biological plasticity The biology, evolution, behavior, and social life of monkeys, apes, and other non human primates
Ethnicity
Language, history religion, music, cuisine, dress, architecture