ANTB21H3 Lecture : week3.rtf
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Language works through signs (i. e. forms that have multiple functions) These are two important models of the sign, saussure"s and peirce"s (i. e. accent) Peirce"s triple distinction between icon, index, and symbol gives us the basis for understanding that most sociocultural meaning is in fact indexical. Language ideologies, beliefs about language, are connected to how groups use language. These are often inaccurate explanations about indexical meanings. A preferentialist language ideology, has been the main theory for studying language in the (western) scholarly tradition. = description of the natural world; pre-existing and fully constative. = reality understood to be already existing - influential in application of principles in the study of language. = problem: the language we describe. (chapter 8 readings) mode of thought in describing the natural world (primitives vs modern) Language is a part of action in producing the world. Use language - to transfer idea to other people. (i. e. football metaphor)
