ANP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Edward Sapir, Enculturation
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System of communication organized by rules the use symbols(sounds, gestures&marks) to convey info. = okay in us, sexual insult in brazil, and 0 in france. Pay attention to what is said and how it is said. Accent, cadence, pitch and tone also communicate meaning(gestures and facial expressions too) Established thru collective history and tradition of a group comprehensible to other members of our cltr. 1946 - edward sapir and benjamin lee whorf - sapir-whorf hypothesis aimed to answer anthro"s questions - proposed that the language we speak influences how we think. Language does not not restrict our thinking. Focal vocab - elaborate terminology developed to describe specific cltr realities by a group of people.
