ANTH Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology 2

Question 1

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is primarily concerned with what relationship?

Accepted Answer

Language and thought

Answer

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis proposes that the structure of a language shapes how its speakers perceive and think about the world.

Question 2

A researcher lives in a village for a year, learning the language and participating in daily life. This method is called:

Accepted Answer

Participant observation

Answer

Participant observation involves the ethnographer immersing themselves in a community while both observing and taking part in its activities.

Question 3

The idea that a culture should be understood on its own terms rather than judged by another culture's standards is called:

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism

Answer

Cultural relativism holds that beliefs and practices should be evaluated within their own cultural context.

Question 4

In linguistics, the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning is a:

Accepted Answer

Phoneme

Answer

A phoneme is the smallest contrastive sound unit that can change the meaning of a word, such as /b/ versus /p/ in bat and pat.

Question 5

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

Accepted Answer

Morpheme

Answer

A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit, such as the '-s' that marks plural in 'cats.'

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