language - correct answer ✔our spoken, written, or signed words and the
ways we combine them to communicate meaning
Animal/human communication - correct answer ✔probably only evolved with
respect to humans and a small numbers of species (dogs, cots, cattle)
been subject to intense artificial selection
difficult to study - hard to know what is being communicated from the animals
side
unique characteristics of human language - correct answer ✔
silence and communication - correct answer ✔
descriptive linguistics - correct answer ✔the study of the sounds, symbols,
and gestures of a language, and their combination into forms that
communicate meaning
phoneme - correct answer ✔in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
Morpheme - correct answer ✔in a language, the smallest unit that carries
meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)
Syntax - correct answer ✔The arrangement of words and phrases to create
well-formed sentences in a language.
, focal vocabulary - correct answer ✔the words and terminology that develop
with particular sophistication to describe the unique cultural realities
experienced by a group of people
Socio-linguistics - correct answer ✔the study of language in relation to social
factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect,
gender differences, and bilingualism.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - correct answer ✔the idea that different languages
create different ways of thinking
Paralanguage - correct answer ✔an extensive set of noises (such as cries)
and tones of voice that convey significant information about the speaker
Kinesics - correct answer ✔the study of body motions as a systematic mode
of communication
power posing - correct answer ✔assuming the open and expansive postures
associated with powerful people
iHunch - correct answer ✔Hunched position when looking at your phone
Keith Basso - correct answer ✔Cultural and linguistic anthropologist.
University of NM. Communicating across cultural boundaries can lead to
many misunderstandings and uncertainties.
Amy Cuddy - correct answer ✔Body language TED talk - power posing