Chapter 4: Cultural Anthropology Cram Cheat Sheet
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Terms and Definitions
Term Definition
Anthropol‐
ogical
Linguistics
Study of language (from anthropological view)
Ethnop‐
oetics
A method of recording narrative speech acts (in cludes
oral poetry, stories). This helps to capture the po etic
format and other performative elements that m ight be
lost if only written.
Ethnog‐
raphy of
speaking
The study of how people use spoken language in a
particular cultural setting.
Call
systems
Patterned sounds, utterances and movements o f the
body that express meaning.
Philology Comparative study of ancient texts.
Proto-lan‐
guage
A hypothetical common ancestral language of two or
more living languages.
Cognate
words
Words in two languages that have the same sou nd
shifts as other words; indicative of a common lin guistic
ancestry.
Descriptive
Linguistics
Systematic analysis and description of a language's
sound system and grammar.
Morphology The structure of words and word formation in a
language
Socioling‐
uistics
The study of how sociocultural context and norm s
shape language use, and the effects of language use
on society.
Linguistic
relativity
The idea that people speaking different languages
perceive or interpret the world differently becau se of
differences in their languages.
Ethnos‐
cience
The study of how people classify things in the
world, by considering some range or set of meanings.
Terms and Definitions (cont)
Creole A language of mixed orgin that has developed fr om a
complex blending of two parent langua ges and
exists as a mother tongue for some part of the
population.
Pidgin A mixed language with a simplified grammer,
borrowing vocabulary from on languag e but it's
grammer from anothe
r.
Language
ideology
Assumptions that people make about the relativ e
sophistication and status of particular dialects and
languages.
Paraphrasing of Definitions
Term Paraphrased Def.
Anthropol‐
ogical
Linguistics
Study of language in anthropology.
Ethnog‐
raphy of
speaking
Study of how people speak in cultural settings.
Ethnop‐
oetics
Recording (poetic, narrative) oral traditions in a way
that maintains the performative aspect.
Call
systems
Patterned sounds and body movements that exp ress
meaning.
Philology compa
rative study of ancient texts.
Proto-lan‐
guage
A hypot
het
ical common language of two or more living
languages.
Cognate
words
Words in two language that are pronounced
(sometimes spelled) the same way.
Descriptive
linguistics
Analysis of a language's phonetics and gramm ar.
Phonology Pattern of sounds in a language
Morphology Structure and syntax of words
Socioling‐
ustics
Study of how society affects/shapes language
Linguistic
Relativity
People speaking different languages perceive the
world differently because of the differences in the ir
languages.
Ethnos‐
cience
Study of how people classify things in the world.
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