AN101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Millenarianism, Witchcraft Accusations Against Children In Africa, Final Crisis
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World view: an encompassing picture of reality created by members of a society. Grasp world view and cultural patters by following the metaphor". Canada: cultural metaphor as cultural mosaic to understand how canadians interpret place in world. Metaphor: form of thought and language that asserts a meaningful link between 2 expressions from diff. semantic domains. When we choose to use metaphor language instead of literal language, it"s usually b/c literal language is not equal to the task of expressing the depth of meaning. Metaphor explains more than a list of adjective, and gives a more vivid description. World views aim to encompass widest possible understanding of how world works. Constructing world views: people tend to examine what they already know for clues that might help them make sense of what puzzles them. Metaphor is powerful tool b/c it clarifies areas of human experience that are vague or poorly understood.
