ANT 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zalingei, Mixed Language, Linguistic Relativity
31 Oct 2017
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Linguistic relativity: idea that people speaking different languages perceive or interpret the world differently because of differences in their languages: notion of time ex: island time. Inuit have several different types of snow words. The study of how people classify things in the world. Creole languages: languages of mixed origin that developed from a complex blending of two or more parent languages: creole in haiti. National language policies: canada: english and french are the official language, us: does not have an official language. Imposes things on people within that nation: darfur: trying to make arabic the national language, have the ability to either strengthen cultural ties among people or create conflict. If your culture is stable your language is usually more stable. Language ideology: refers to the ideologies people have about the superiority of one dialect or language and the inferiority of others.
