ANTH 101 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I Linguistic Anthropology II Language III Origin of Language IV Hockett s 6 Main Design Features of Human Language V Vocabulary Outline of Current Lecture II Alternative Language Forms III Multiple Levels of Language IV Sociolinguistics V American Dialects Ebonics VI American Sign Language VII Cross Cultural Communication Current Lecture II Alternative Language Forms A Pidgin language with no native speakers that develops in a single generation B Creole pidgin language that has become the mother tongue of society C Dialects varying forms of a language that reflects particular regions or social classes and that are similar enough to be mutually intelligible D Accents language form in which distinctions can only be made based on the pronunciation of the language III Multiple Levels of Language A Bilingualism capacity to speak two languages B Dialects variety of language arising from local circumstances C Language Codes distinctive ways of speaking gender codes IV Sociolinguistics A the study of relationships between social and linguistic variation the study of language within its social context B gendered language C diglossia different variants of the same language often one educated and one casual 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 Idiomatic Expressions an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up but seems perfectly natural to native speakers of the language V American Dialects Ebonics A also called African American Vernacular B EXAMPLE You are dancing You dancin Where you at You crazy C Double negatives do not equal positives EXAMPLE I don t go anywhere I didn t go nowhere I went somewhere VI American Sign Language ASL A hands arms head facial expressions body language VII Cross Cultural Communication A field of study that looks at people and how people from different cultural backgrounds communicate B gestures C introductions business etiquette D personal space issues
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