ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Minimal Pair, Ethnology, Noam Chomsky
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Whe(cid:374) it (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g a se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e, that(cid:859)s where diffi(cid:272)ulties arise for (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) with dow(cid:374)(cid:859)s y(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e: lack of hormones, etc. can cause this. Language in everyone else can be a form of deceit. Suggests that from birth to around puberty is a critical period for acquiring language: our (cid:271)ody does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)eed trai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g for lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g la(cid:374)guage i(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) One day, they were sitting on the couch and had a cat named pumpkin. We constantly invent, create, blend, and associate things spontaneously to generate new words. Main aspects of sociolinguistics: involved with whether people speak differently with regards with class, society, etc, how people use emojis to communicate irony. Main aspects of linguistic anthropology: difference between clock and watch: you wear and carry a watch. Portability is crucial in english language: e(cid:374)glish (cid:272)ulture: if it(cid:859)s lo(cid:272)ated so(cid:373)ewhere, it(cid:859)s a (cid:272)lo(cid:272)k, precise timekeeping is important to those cultures speaking english language. This same distinction is impossible in a buddhist culture.
