Question

____ studies the interaction of linguistic, ethnocultural and ethno-psychological factors in the functioning and development of the language.

• A. Ethnolinguistics
• B. Cultural linguistics
• C. Sociolinguistics
• D. Neurolinguistics

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Ethnolinguistics

• Ethnolinguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies the interaction between language and culture, specifically focusing on:

  • linguistic factors

  • ethnocultural factors

  • ethno-psychological factors

• It examines how language reflects the cultural and psychological characteristics of a community, and how these factors influence language’s functioning and development.

👉 Example areas:

• How kinship terms vary across cultures

• How language encodes cultural practices or beliefs