ANTH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4, page 76-95: Speech Community, Animal Communication

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 100
• Professor: R.Robin Dods

Document Summary

1langauge: system of symbols used to translate our experiences of the world and of one another. 3native speaker: an individual who has spoken their language since early childhood. 4vocabulary: words used in a language or by members of a certain speech community. 5grammar: set of rules describing the patterns of linguistic usage observed by individuals of their speech community. 6design features of language: attributes of language that distinguishes it from other recognized animal communication systems when taken together. 7phonemes: units of distinct sound that are attributes of a language which come together to create words. 10communicative competence: mastering adult rules for socially and culturally appropriate speech. 11linguistic relativity principle: assertion that languages have the power to influence the way people view the world. 12phonology: study of sounds of a language (phones and phonemes) 13morphology: study of the smallest units of meaning in a language (morphemes)