Anthropology 101 1st Edition Lecture 14Outline of Last Lecture I. Definition of language II. Learned languageIII. Infinitely productiveIV. Orally producedV. Arbitrary VI. SymbolVII. Discrete element of soundVIII. Fixed, on-to-one correspondence IX. Referent Outline of Current Lecture I. 4 fields of American anthropological linguistics a. Descriptivei. Phonetics ii. Morphology iii. Syntaxiv. sematics b. Historicalc. Psycholinguistics These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.d. Sociolinguistics i. Ethnolinguistics ii. Sapir-worf hypothesis iii. Edward sapir iv. Benjamin lee whorf Current Lecture-4 fields of American anthropological linguistics-Descriptive linguisticsoStudy of the mechanics of language-Phonetics/phonology Phonology is the study of speech sounds-Different languages have different sounds Fanetiks/fanalayi -Morphology Words and pieces of wordsWord like bottle, 2 syllables, but 1 morphemeSome morphemes are attached like (s) in bottles -SyntaxThe way you string words together in a sentenceSubject, verb, object-English-The cane hit the table -Semantics The study of meaningStudy of the mechanics of the meaning, how you can extract meaning from words and how they are arranged and how pieces are put together-Historical -Psycholinguistics -Sociolinguistics oEthnolinguistics oSapir-worf hypothesis oEdward sapir oBenjamin lee
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