ANT100Y1 Lecture 4: Linguistic Anthro Lecture 4.docx
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We covered that language both separates and unites us. Can help us categorize the world and ourselves as a separate being. It helps us label people so we can put them in these different classifications. Because they represent their psyche just as we/i do. We will cover conformity, how language contributes to the fact that we obey and confirm. It s an innate understanding that we don t want to misbehave. Language and signifying behaviour in general, limits what we can say, think, and do, We are limited by our language and can t communicate easily beyond it. This often happens below the level of our consciousness. It can be hegemonic if it makes people give their willing consent) Language, dialect, as well as language ideologies (ideologies that influence what people think f as a language and as a dialect) 2, social variation: accents (he ll tell us what his is!!