Exam 10: Language and Communication

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Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

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What is the term for variations in speech due to different contexts or situations?

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Question 42

The lexicon of a language is

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Diglossia refers to linguistic groups, like those in Papua New Guinea and Australia, that distinguish between only two colors: black and white or dark and light.

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One aspect of linguistic history is language loss. When a language disappears,

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Linguistic stratification can occur between dialects when one is considered a prestige dialect, as is the case with High German and Low German.

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The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

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Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

What is the term for variations in speech due to different contexts or situations?

The lexicon of a language is

Diglossia refers to linguistic groups, like those in Papua New Guinea and Australia, that distinguish between only two colors: black and white or dark and light.

One aspect of linguistic history is language loss. When a language disappears,

Linguistic stratification can occur between dialects when one is considered a prestige dialect, as is the case with High German and Low German.

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Doing Anthropology

Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation

The Primates

Early Hominins

The Genus Homo

The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Making a Living

Political Systems

Families, Kinship, and Marriage

Gender

Religion

Ethnicity and Race

Applying Anthropology

The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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