ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aristotle, Cognitive Linguistics, Phatic Expression
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The idea of specialized vocabulary brings us into slang and how it is empowerment through language. If you speak this way it means that there is power coming out of this person. You have a sad group of people the african american people"s. Speaking sets you apart from others and therefore so does slang. Cool j sista souljia, snoop dog, busta ryhmes, lil john, puff daddy and missy. Through irony and mockery you get attention to these issues. Specialized vocabulary: spelling as power and independence- canadian vs american. The way you speak can empower you. Everyone else has to adapt there language according to context. It keeps you apart and it is one way of spelling something. Words that end in tion come from french. The kind of organization of verbal material and words in the brain- lexicon. Vocab is more parole and the lexicon is more lange.
