ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sign Language, Phonetics, Body Language
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How do humans communicate: language and verbal communication. Communication: conveying meaningful messages from one being to another. Language: form of communication based on systematic set of learned/shared symbols. 2 (of 16) distinct features of human language. Displacement: refer to events in past, future, fantasy. Three ways of studying language sounds (phonetics) vocabulary/lexicon (words) grammar/syntax: nonverbal language and communication. Sign language: uses mainly hand gestures to communicate, culturally variable. Gestures: hand movements that convey meaning, communication but not language. Silence: a form of communication, cultural rules in place. Body language: includes dress, hair styles, postures, eye contact: media and information technology. Media anthropology: study of mass media process and content, social effects, etc. Critical media anthropology: examine power interests and how they shape media. Language, diversity, and inequality: language and culture: two theories. Sapphir-whorf language determines how we see the world people who speak different languages inhabit different thought worlds . Yes: links between cultural survival, traditional knowledge, etc.
