Define sociolinguistics and give an example of it

What will be an ideal response?


It is a specialization within anthropological linguistics that focuses on speech performance. An example would be a study of political speech or how profanity is used.

Anthropology & Archaeology

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According to Boxer in "The Military Name Game," code names for military operations originated with the Germans in World War II and were intended to be secret

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Anthropology & Archaeology

An ___________ is a way of studying interaction that involves describing the participants, code, channel, setting, genre, topics, and attitudes relevant to any interaction

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Anthropology & Archaeology

What types of gender roles are frequently shared between men and women cross culturally?

What will be an ideal response?

Anthropology & Archaeology

The Tiwi kinship system is based on __________

a. nuclear families b. patrilineal clans c. matrilineal clans d. age grades

Anthropology & Archaeology