Lifestyle (sociology)
Lifestyle (sociology)
Lifestyle (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Lifestyle (sociology)
- Wikipedia's article - Lifestyle (sociology)
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski) in sociology refers to the way in which individuals, groups, and societies live and express their individual and collective identities. The term was first used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in 1929. The term is derived from the English words 'life' and 'style', indicating a manner of living.
Definition
In sociology, a lifestyle is the way in which a person lives. This includes patterns of social relations, consumption, entertainment, and dress. A lifestyle typically reflects an individual's attitudes, values, or worldview. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of self and to create cultural symbols that resonate with personal identity.
Related Terms
- Culture: The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group.
- Identity (social science): The concept of identity in social science is a complex one, referring to the way in which individuals and collectivities are distinguished in their social relations with other individuals and collectivities.
- Social relation: Any relationship between two or more individuals. Social relations derived from individual agency form the basis of social structure and the basic object for analysis by social scientists.
- Worldview: The fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge and point of view.
See Also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Lifestyle (sociology)
- Wikipedia's article - Lifestyle (sociology)
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski