Unit 2: culture Flashcards
Folk cultures
traditional cultures, small and isolated, depend on environment
for cultures contributes basic
language, food, music, housing, or beliefs
Culture
set of learned behaviors produced by a group
popular culture’s
globalize cultures, large, more contact
cultural diffusion
spread of cultural traits between cultures
relocation diffusion
people moving bring treats with them
contagious diffusion
treat spread out from the center, Walmart
hierarchal diffusion
spread of treats between classes, popular music
stimulus diffusion
spread of an idea or concept, drive-through
preserving culture
older people want to keep culture from changing
language
cultural identity
dialect has different
vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling, euphorisms
languages change when
New words are invented, words give new meaning, adopt words from other languages
pigeon languages
mix of two unrelated languages
Creole language
True mix of two languages