ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - One-Drop Rule
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Questions that sum up the main points of the lecture: 19/09/2013: language is universal and given by nature; languages are particular and learned in society. 2: explain in what way race is not a biological but a linguistic concept, explain what might be meant by saying that if we don"t have a name for something then it does not exist for us. Adaptation: adapting to the nature and social environment, communication and cooperation, interpretation/working with one another, signification (making meanings), structuring how we see each other , the world, ourselves. Language and culture are human universals: specific/human particulars, universals (language, cultures) are learned, particulars (languages, cultures) are learned, transmitted via society (largely through talk) Adaptive value of social transmission: much more flexible than genetic transmission, major changes can occur to next generations or two, change occurs without a change of species. Individuals may have a disagreement on what a word"s meaning is.
