[ANTHROP 2F03] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 20 pages long Study Guide!
5 Oct 2016
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He challenged the believe that people can be plotted on a continuum of evolution and that. Alternating sounds dictated the intelligence and evolution of cultural groups (ex. Aborigi- nals had different pronunciations, making them less educated) Boas proved that alternating sounds are an issue of the listener, not the speaker. An english speaking scholar who has their own perception of correct pronunciation would hear other pronunciations as being wrong. A cultures terms are characteristic to them and irrelevant to others. We must put aside our own cultures norms and beliefs in order to fully understand another. People who speak languages in cardinal direction (nsew) have a better orientation of where they are. Oftentimes scholars cannot correctly point in a northern direction. Our perception of space influences our perception of time. English speakers would arrange left to right. And those with cardinal direction languages would arrange accordingly. Our languages shape our cognition and perception.
