ANT253H1 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
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Lecture 9 y exam 25 t/f chapters: 5, 8, 11 y language serves cognitive and memory needs. Example: natives need 3 words for seal but we don t need that difference. Its inadequate because it s associated with poetry, style. All the things that happen in a theater is what life is. This is what aristotle said to his student who asked what life is. y all of science is metaphor: example: atom with neutrons and protons in circles around is a metaphor. Max black y metaphor is a great modeling device. Allows you to see/hear with your minds eye/ear what you cant see/hear with your physical eye/ear. y no science or mathematics without language. 1977 study psychology and the poetics of growth: figurative language in psychology, I don t see a point in your argument: point is a metaphor. Conceptual metaphors y professor is a snake is a linguistic metaphor.
