Key Concepts of Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 5 Communication and Language

Key Terms
CodeswitchingMorphology
CognatesNon-verbal communication: body language, eye contact & proxemics
Core vocabularyPara-language: pitch, tone, speed & cadence
DialectsPhone
EthnolinguistsPhonemes
EthnolinguistsPhonemes
Historical linguisticsPhonology
Lexical contentStructural (or descriptive) linguistics
MorphSyntax: vocabulary, grammar & dress
Morpheme 




Suggested Internet & InfoTrac College Edition Exercises
@ Search the site http://whyfiles.org/ for articles about language.
@ Explore http://www.friesian.com/egypt.html to learn the pronunciation of some ancient Egyptian language.
@ Read the introduction on the Bemba language and Cherokee on the site http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars.html.

 

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