ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Language Disorder, Linguistic Anthropology, George Lakoff
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The survival of human civilization depends on the preservation of world"s languages. Defined language as part of logos, the faculty of human brains that had transformed human being from insentient brute into a rational sentient. They also saw language as potentially a dangerous tool as it could be used for deception. Interest in language started with him who described sanskrit language with about 4000 grammar rules. Showed that many words are made up of smaller words in + complete + ly ( in +ly = affixes) This chapter looks at the birth of linguistics as the science of language and an approach known as linguistic anthropology- more than just the grammar. It deals with how language interlinks society, concepts and activities such as how people talk to each other. Use of tongue to create thoughts known as words or more accurately signs.
