Midterm - Winter 1997

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Write as clearly as possible and keep in mind that the space allocated to each question is what you are roughly expected to need to give an adequate answer.

Before starting, write your name and your TA's name on each page, read all the questions carefully, and plan the time you want to spend on each answer.

1. Connect each scholar with a particular concept:

a. Finegan/Besnier ( )	i. tu and hi:li
b. Goodwin ( )	ii. phonosymbolism
c. Youssouf et al( )	iii. fa`alupega
d. Hawking ( )	iv. cognates
e. Bloomfield ( )	v. partial theories
f. Duranti ( )	vi. highlighting
g. Kroskrity ( )	vii. tenere/asuf
h. Feld ( )	viii. speech island

2. Using either (a) the movie ³The Ax Fight² or (b) Goodwin¹s article ³Professional Vision² describe 3 out of the 4 ways of seeing as presented in lecture (3 points)

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3. List and briefly describe the 3 theoretical concerns in contemporary linguistic anthropology as discussed in Duranti¹s Linguistic Anthropology, ch. 1. (3 points)

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4. Define the notion of the built environment and 2 ways in which it plays a role in human communication using as an example one of the group projects presented in lecture (but not your own). (3 points)

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5. What is hasham and how is it communicated in social encounters? (4 points) .

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6. How is the use of ergative agents in the fono linked to politics? (4 points)

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7. Do either (A) or (B): (4 points)

A) Use Feld¹s chapter on the Kaluli to illustrate how nature is transformed into culture.

B) How does Tedlock¹s chapter on Native American poetry offer a new perspective on translation and transcription of native texts?

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8. Do either (A) or (B): (4 points)

A) How do we know that Polynesians came from the West?

B) Briefly describe 2 of the 3 perspectives from which African American scholars looked at African American English:

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9. Do either (A) or (B): Do either (A) or (B): (6 points)

A. Use one of the theories of culture discussed in Duranti¹s chapter and lectures to briefly analyze one of the following: (i) Tewa kiva speech, (ii) veiling among Bedouin women, (iii) Samoan kava ceremony. B. Using the materials in the readings and in lectures and discussions, discuss what is said in the following encounter, including the ³how are you² sequence. Do these data confirm Sacks¹ main points?: (Hillary R. Clinton meets the Capps, from A. Duranti¹s Project ³Walter Capps for the US Congress²)

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