SPHR 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Emic And Etic, Implicature, Linguistic Anthropology
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Study of the relationship between language and culture; how language interacts with and shapes social structure and culture. One way cultural values reflected in language; terminology used to categorize people reflects cultural ideas about social relations. The ability to interact & communicate according to cultural norms. Politeness: depends on context and who is being addressed. ( may vs can) Also depend on context; different roles have different expectations. Adjacency pairs ( length of pause in culturally determined) How long to wait to begin talking after another speaker finished. Frequently occur in the form of adjacency pairs. The associations speakers have between certain forms and certain groups of people. Referent: object or idea to which a signifier refers. An arbitrary sign that has arbitrary relationship btwn signifier and its referent. Sign whose signifier actually resembles or imitates its referent. Sign whose signifier indicates, points to, its referent. The language someone speaks affects how you perceive the world.