ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Edward Sapir, Linguistic Relativity
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The study of how sociocultural context and norms shape language use and the effects of language use on society. Accept whatever form of language a community uses. Symbols - words or objects that stand for something else. Summarizing symbols - sum up a variety of meanings and experiences and link them to a single symbol. Ex) the american flag, summarizes everything good about. Elaborating symbols - explain and clarify complex relationships through a single symbol or set of symbols. Key scenarios (stories or plots -- insiders can fill in the blanks ) Metaphors, e. g. , food for thought , we"re in this together , we"ll beat this . Edward sapir (1929) - a language inclines its speakers to think about the world in certain ways because of its specific grammatical categories. Benjamin lee whorf agreed based on his study of hopi. The idea that people speaking different languages perceive or interpret the world differently because of differences in their languages.
