ANTHRO 33 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Franz Boas, Edward Sapir

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Charles hockett: set of 13 design features: unique features of human language, compare human language to animal communication. Interested in grammars not just word lists: differences not deficiencies, edward sapir (boas student, no such thing as an inferior language. Benjamin whorf: grammar of each language can shape ideas. Orwell: 1984: government is systematically removing words from dictionary: to influence thought and actions of population. I(cid:374) fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e there is a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)ittee that deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)es (cid:449)hat is a(cid:374)d is(cid:374)(cid:859)t allo(cid:449)ed i(cid:374) But how often is that really enforced on the street: franco tried to squash smaller dialects and teach a standard spanish but now the. Spanish government encourages people to speak their native languages. I(cid:374) oki(cid:374)a(cid:449)a, stude(cid:374)ts that spoke (cid:858)diale(cid:272)ts(cid:859) i(cid:374) s(cid:272)hool were shamed and now the (cid:858)diale(cid:272)ts(cid:859) are pretty (cid:373)u(cid:272)h dead. Doublespeak: language that is purposely intended to hide or veil meaning/ confuse people: deliberate ambiguity.

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