ANT 115 - Linguistic Anthropology

Final Exam Prep

ASL

American Sign Language

DEaf

people who speak sign language/are deaf

deaf

an impairment of hearing

dez

hand shape and orientation

tab

hand placementsi

gn

hand movement

fingerspelling

spelling out words using alphabet, not using signs

symbolic captial

communicative competency as capital

dialect

mutually intelligible varieties of a language

register

language that is appropriate in specific situations

genre

different kinds of speech acts

pictograph

symbol mirrors an objectlo

logograph

symbol is word

ograph

symbol is idea

syllabary

symbol is syllable

alphabet

symbol is phoneme

rebus

represnt word with image of homophone

language ideology

iseologies of dominant culture ted in standard language

pros and cons of alphabet

pronounce words without knowing meaning, good for literacy

inconsistencies with spellingp

ros and cons of syllabary

great for CV structures

weak expansion past CV structures, inflexible

pros and cons of pictograph

better at cross-cultural communication

struggle with abstracts

pros and cons of logograph

cross-dialect communication

huge learning curve, new word rules are difficult

pros and cons of ideograph

corss-dialect communication, meaningful combinations

huge learning curve

example of writing system intersect culture and power systems

chinese writing system for mandarin, cantonese, japanese, korean, etc—cross-cultural communication, china’s relative dominance and influence in region

ASL based on which language

French Sign Language

what even was the arrival movie’s purpose

strong sapir-whorf hypothesis of linguistic determinism: alien’s circular language allows mc to experience past, present, and future

talking black in america doc

AAVE developed out of isolation and necessity, Gullah Geeche pidgin → creole → nationalized by hip-hop

oral and literary skills are highly valued

habitual be, dropping is/are

Setting

place where conversation occurs

Participants

who is or is not involved in the conversation and what is expected of them

Ends

goal of speaking

Act sequence

actual sequence of speech events

Key

mood of situation

Instrumentalities

methods fascilitating communication and varieties of language used

mandarin vs english speaking ideologies

tonality vs vocabulary, topic-oriented vs subject-oriented, prioritizing meaning vs structure, idiom usage, last vs first sentence emphasis

mandarin vs english writing systems

logosyllabic vs alphabet, word formation, time noun vs time tenses, morphological awareness vs phonological awareness