ANT253H1 Lecture : Lecture 5
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Saying hello y words are connected to social categories. y example: hello professor but hi dad: social closeness when talking to a friend. Titles (honorifics in english) y use titles on those who we do not know on a first name basis. Certain roles/positions/professions are higher so you use titles such as doctor, professor, your honor, her (queen-using the 3rd person (her)) y varies from culture to culture: example: no word for lawyer but in italian there is. Language and gender y women s and men s speech y y men and women refer to things differently for some words. Island of carib in the west indies: men is the do-er. If it s feminine it probably comes from a matriarchal society. And part of patriarchal society if masculine word. In many societies, men and women are expected to use different forms of speech in specific ways. In english, too, certain mannerisms of speech appear to be gender-coded.
