SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 3 Sociology
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Language and culture are very similar and base off of each other. Symbols and language are both huge in culture gesture, or object used to represent some aspect of the world. and worthwhile. Values must be handed down form one generation to another. and abstract meaning. Culture: ideas, values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, customs, and technology are all. Culture definition or the way of life. Nonmaterial culture is all in your mind really not something you can touch. Symbols something that is used to represent something else, such as word, Language most important of culture; the only way of communication with complex. Sapir- whorf hypothesis language dictates how we see the world. Deviant behaviors and crimes cutting the line in busses is deviant. Norms have two different types prescriptive vs. proscriptive. Prescriptive they tell people what they should do. Proscriptive they tell people what they should not do.
