When countries react to a real or perceived threat of foreign cultural dominance by purging foreign words from the language, it is an example of:
a. cultural conservatism.
b. linguistic ethnocentrism.
c. linguistic parochialism.
d. linguistic nationalism.
e. ethnolinguistics.
ANSWER: d
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The anthropological attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be viewed in the context of that society’s culture is called
a. ethnocentrism. b. cultural relativism. c. cultural constraint. d. cultural diffusion. e. cultural innovation.
The borrowing of words such as rouge and garage from French into English are examples of which of the following kinds of language change?
a. internal change b. external change c. language degradation d. language stasis
____________ looks at how a tool similar to one found in the past is used by
people today. a. Ethnographic analogy b. Ethnologic analogy c. Archaeological ethnography d. Thick description
The process of cultural change known as __________ describes a situation in which a subordinate society adopts cultural traits or technologies through contact with a more powerful society, either through force or due to perceived economic or social advantages.
A) unconscious invention B) stimulus diffusion C) acculturation D) enculturation