ANTHROP 1AB3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Inequality, Dependency Theory, Clovis Point
28 Jan 2015
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Sapir-whorf hypothesis: language affects how we think about the world; called linguistic determinism. The way we speak is influenced by our identities; class, gender, class/economic status, racial or ethnic background (may be particular vocab) (word choice, intonation) We manipulate our language consciously and unconsciously to fit in. The movement toward politically correct speech and gender neutral speech. In the 1990"s, for instance: women became womyn the idea is that if we change how we talk, we can change how we think, thereby reducing gender inequalities, racism, etc. Children stories: changed categories, names and fairy tales. By changing language we can get children to think differently about notion inequality. Cultural constructionism/social linguistics: the idea that people"s cultural context/environment shapes their language and its meanings. The idea that the environment in which we live will shape our language. Language is a reflection of culture and how we think about the world.
