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Someone who examines linguistic diversity in nation states to show how speech reflects social differences. |
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call systems are communication systems of non-human primates.
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creating new expressions that are comprehensible to other speakers
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is describing things and events that are not present; basic to language.
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is the study of communication through body movements and facial expressions. |
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the ability to shift your level of speaking from one language to another. |
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is a regional variety of language |
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| the ability to pronounce words with a emphasis on them |
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| is the smallest sound contrast that distinguishes meaning. |
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| are words and their meaningful parts |
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| vocabulary words in phrases and sentences |
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| vocabulary words in phrases and sentences |
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| is a set of words describing particular domains (foci) of experiences |
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| the study of lexical (vocabulary) categories and contrasts. |
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| the ability to learn and speak two or more languages |
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| the ability to learn and speak two or more languages |
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| respectful suffixes attached to words |
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| - Black English Vernacular is the rule-governed dialect spoken by some African Americans |
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| studies when language splits |
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| optional vocal effects that modify phonemes. |
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adaptive strategies |
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making a living; productive system
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| hunting and gathering, ex. fishing, hunting, cultivating |
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| was a basic form of human social life |
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Three main adaptive strategies |
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| Cultivation, horticulture and Agriculture |
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| non-industrial plant cultivation with fallowing (reproduction of land). |
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| cultivation using land and labor continuously |
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| when people focus on domesticated animals |
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| a type of farming that consists of fallowing |
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| herding of animals. They attempt to protect animals and ensure their reproduction in return for leathers. |
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| when there is an animal movement of entire pastoral group |
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| when only a part of population move seasonally with herds. |
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| someone gives other persons and expects something concrete in return |
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| a festival event with a regional exchange system among tribes of the N. Pacific coast. |
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| the ability to exercise ones will over others |
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| the social approved use of power |
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| where affairs are managed through Federal, state and local government. |
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The 4 types of Political Organization: |
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| Band, Tribe, Chiefdom and State |
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| resolving conflict in stateless societies. |
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| When a village takes revenge. |
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| to settle disputes by reciprocity |
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| to settle disputes by talking about it |
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| by judgment and/or assessment |
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is a leadership role in a village based tribe. He differs from a president of a nation because his powers are severely limited. If he wants something done he must influence by leadership.
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| is an elaborate version of the village head except for one significant difference, i.e. the village head's leadership is within one village; the big man has supporters in several villages. |
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How does the big man achieve his status? |
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| The big man achieves his status through hard work ammasing wealth |
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| a unisex (usually male) political group; includes everyone born within a certain time span. |
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| is the group of people consituting the group. |
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| open public interaction between dominators and oppressed . |
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| hidden resistance to dominance by the opressessed. |
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| small scale acts of resistance. Compared to non-industrial societies. |
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Shame, sorcery and jail play are forms of social control among the Makua. These refer to an imagined social script culminating an undersirable consequence. Shame is a powerful social sanction. |
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