ANT102H5 Lecture 4: Classification
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All humans classify, but all of them do it differently. We think: the categories that we know are the actual categories of the world superior world hypothesis. We all live in different words depending on the language: one"s reality and mindset vary according to the culture, reference to mine! . The world we live in has to be owned. Language influences peoples" categories/thoughts: certain languages force you to think in a certain way through the way we speak. E. g. gender, time (division of it), continuation of time. People act as if there were a physical division b/w groups. Fun fact: in some languages, the grammar shows that there is a possibility of anything. We look for something in common b/w things in one category. The chosen vocabulary regards titles/kinship, would affect the way one behaves towards people. One is more formal b/c of the difference in class (superiority) E. g. continuation of time and division of time.
