ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Metonymy, Transculturation, World View
19 Apr 2017
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Key metaphors a symbolic representation that is widely understood w/i a culture and central to that culture"s world view. Magic a set of beliefs and practices designed to control the visible or invisible world for specific purposes. Metaphor a form of thought and language that asserts a meaningful link between two expressions from different semantic domains. Metaphorical entailments all the attributes of a metaphorical predicate that relate it to the metaphorical subject. Metaphorical predicate the second part of a metaphor, which suggests that familiar domain of experience that may clarify the metaphorical subject. Metaphorical subject the first part of a metaphor, which indicates the domain of experience that needs to be clarified. Metonymy the culturally defined relationship of the parts of a semantic domain to the domain as a whole. Nativism an attempt to return to traditional customs. Oracles invisible forces to which people address questions and whose responses they believe to be truthful.
