Anthropology 2252F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fried Bread, Participant Observation, Ethnography
28 Sep 2018
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Pasta comic example: argues french should be the prominent language in montreal. Instead of complying, the owner went public with the letter: the term language police came about. Week 2 objectives: define terms, outline theoretical approaches, introduce the basic elements of canada"s language ecology. Why is it important to study language in canada: we want to change the attitudes around aboriginal ethnic identity. Index; indexicality: a feature of language points to a certain identity. Standard language: e. g. broadcasted news, what is taught in schools. Language attitudes: how do you feel about your own language, how do you feel about others languages, these are connected to li"s. Identity: your social position, something that you are trying to present to the world, gender, age etc. Language policy: a law/regulation about language, to do/not to do. Language ecology (einar haugen: the study of any given language in interaction with its enviro. Critical analysis of language ecology: step 1: identify li"s at work.
