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12/04/2012

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Code switching
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speaker's shift from one language or dialect to another (can be used to indicate identity, strategic use to exclude others)
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Creole
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a stable and natural language derived from the mixing of parental languages
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Diglossia
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one community with formal and informal dialects of same language (spoken Arabic and written Arabic)
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Euphemism
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Substitution of an inoffensive word for a more unpleasant one
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Focal vocabulary
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specialized set of words (technical terms, excludes outsiders, jargon)
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Grammar
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set of rules applied to a language
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Honorifics
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terms of respect, used to honor people
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Hypercorrection
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correcting a mistake that isn't there
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Kinesics
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study of communication through body movements and facial expressions
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Lexicon
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mental dictionary
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Minimal pairs
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words that differ in only one phoneme
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Morpheme/Morphology
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smallest unit having a specific meaning
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Phoneme/Phonology
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smallest sound contrast that conveys meaning
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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different languages produce different patterns of thought
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Semantics
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a language's meaning system
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Style shifting
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varying one's speech in different social contexts
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Syntax
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rules of word order
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Universal grammar
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Noam Chomsky, basic set of principles and rules that underlie all languages
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Bourgeoisie
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owners of means of production
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Proletariat
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working class, people who must see their labor in order to survive
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colonialism
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foreign power dominating a territory politically, socially, economically and culturally
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intersex
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neither unambiguously male or female
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nadle
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Navajo intersex, spiritually gifted
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guevedoce
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Dominican Republic, chromosomal XY, but don't receive testosterone until puberty, when testes descend
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hijra
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Indian, usually biologically men who act and dress like women, self described as ambiguous gender
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xanith
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oman, neither men nor women, born men, masculine names, do women's work, judged by women's standard of beauty, separation between men and women does not apply
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magic
Definition
using supernatural techniques to accomplish specific goals employed most in situations of greatest uncertainty
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functions of religion
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intellectual (search for order and meaning), emotional (provide comfort, explain misfortune), social (maintain social order and solidarity)
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syncretism
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blending of cultural influences emerging from ongoing contact
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Revitalization Movements
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reaction to oppression or rapid culture change
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Communitas
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Victor Turner, bond of solidarity among liminal people
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Cargo Cults
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post-colonial, acculturative religious movements in Melanesia (Revitalization movement, Christian doctrine and aboriginal beliefs)
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mana
Definition
sacred impersonal force (good luck, in objects like rocks)
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myth
Definition
traditional, often sacred, narratives
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rites of passage
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rituals associated with change in status or stage of life (separation, liminality, incorporation)
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liminality
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the in-between phase of a passage of rite
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taboo
Definition
sacred and forbidden prohibition backed by supernatural sanctions
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animism
Definition
belief in souls (or doubles)
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ethnomusicology
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comparative study of music as an aspect of culture
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totemism
Definition
collectivized symbol of particular religion, usually animal, plant or other natural thing
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Tiv
Definition
Laura Bohannan, told the story of Hamlet to people in Nigerian bush, thought basics of human nature were universal, listeners remade story to reflect their own culture
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William Labov
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sociolinguist, studied the use of /r/ in different department stores
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Structuralism
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Claude Levi-Strauss, universalities of human mind, especially need to categorize, found that myths across cultures had certain similarities
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Karl Marx
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Saw socioeconomic stratification as sharp contrast between two classes, believed class consciousness (solidarity within a class) would result in revolution
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Max Weber
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Protestants don't believe in predestination, believe instead that hard work will lead to salvation, aligns with American values, lead to economic prosperity for Protestants
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Art as subversive
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Hmong needlework, not allowed to write, pictorial code on clothing, graffiti
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Franz Boas
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cultural relativism, languages pass through hierarchal stages (savages --> civilized)
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Kwakiutl
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Franz Boas, found their language required them to tell how they knew about the actions of others
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Social construction of illness
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what symptoms are deemed to be important, how illnesses are procured and healed are all aspects of the larger soicety
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historical influences on medical anthropology
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biological anthropology, early ethnographic fieldwork, culture and personality school (national character), international public health movement after ww2
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World System theory
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idea that a discernible social system, based on wealth and power differentials, transcends individual countries
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economic positions in World System
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core (dominant position), semiperiphery (intermediate), periphery (least privileged and powerful)
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intervention philosophy
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ideological justification for outsiders to guide or rule native peoples
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Art by appropriation
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outside view that it's art (furniture, masks, boxes)
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Art by intention
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artists had intent to create art
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feminization of poverty
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overrepresentation of women in poverty, households headed by women tend to be poorer than those headed by men
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