ANTH 217 Lecture 11: anth Reading- language acquisition and socialization, chpt 3
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Kaluli family: doesn t address the baby v much, but speaks about the baby. Infants always hear the word come, but never use it due to the social hierarchy and they are low placed. In all cultures, caregivers socializing children becoming v dif kinds of social beings through culturally specific uses of language. Young kids want to learn tok pinsin instead of the village language (gapun) Residents of gapun rarely spoke to their children directly. Hawaiians mistook cook as their god, and as a result the were colonized. Research with hasidic jewish girls// roles were to reproduce the culture, and could speak better english than men. Girls had verbal and nonverbal instructions on how to become modest hasidic women. Another example: when afro-american hair styles convey language to use their expertise, learning special terminology. Same happens for lawyers, doctors, police officers, teachers, college students.
