LIN 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tag Question, Communicative Competence, Linguistic Anthropology
9 Dec 2016
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The study of how language interacts with and shapes social structure and culture. How social interaction and cultural meaning are reflected in the structure, lexicon, and conventions of a given language. : the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship. Differ from culture to culture, and gender roles in society. In other languages? (e. g brother/sister-in-law, sibling, guardian, cousin, grandparent, partner, aunt/uncle (not uncle-in-laws)) : the ability to interact and communicate according to cultural norms. Knowing a language is more than knowing how to produce grammatical utterances. We use politeness strategies atall levels of grammar. Politeness consists of normative or expected linguistic and extralinguistic culturally agreed upon to be appropriate for a given situation. Knowing what is polite in certain contexts can be as important as knowing the words of a language. Could you tell me where the bathroom is? vs where"s the bathroom? (can also be implicatures (implying something))
