ANTHRO 2D Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Moral Panic, Grammar, Yik Yak
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Goals for today: finish miscommunication, ideology, language ideology. Politeness involvement politeness emphasizes solidarity through interaction jokes stories small talk restraint politeness an unwillingness to impose on others indirectness apologies hedging. Service encounters socially minimal just the basics socially expanded the basics plus interpersonal involvement. Korean shop owner and korean customers socially minimal encounters. African american customers socially minimal encounters restraint politeness socially expanded encounters involvement politeness. Koreans interpret involvement politeness as aggression but it"s perfectly polite for african. African americans interpret restraint politeness as aggression but it"s perfectly polite for. Intercultural miscommunication the roots of miscommunication often stem from misinterpretations of otherwise familiar linguistic features and practices contextualization cues signal vastly different things to different people, which creates misunderstanding and potential hostility. Some typical american ideologies you are innocent until proven guilty: winning is very important government should stay out of my private life pull yourself up by your bootstraps, money solves all problems.
