LAC 1000C Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Semantics, Linguistic Anthropology, Noam Chomsky

• School: St. John's University
• Department: LAC - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• Course: LAC 1000C
• Professor: Chux Okochi

Document Summary

Linguistic lag: a concept believing that culture changes at a quick pace than the pace in which language changes. Genetic relationship among languages: languages related to each other by virtue descending from a single ancestral background. Indo-european language have about a dozen branches many dialects. In other words cultures do change rapidly than the change taking place within languages of the people: therefore, words sometimes may reflect previous interests rather than the current interest in a particular event, concept or objects. Nonverbal behavior: research shows that possible behavioral repertoires are determined by same fundamental constraints throughout the world. Endangered languages: many speakers in this community have abandoned their native language and chose the second language. Multilingualism: ability to speak other languages than mother-tongue, using two or more languages, complete and equal command of two languages in all situations, with high level of immigration bilingualism persists.