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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity, lexical dif...Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity, lexical differences among languages and intercultural communication, including high and low contexts.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/04%3A_Language_Worldviews_and_Intercultural_Communication/4.01%3A_Intercultural_Communication-_A_Dialectical_ApproachThis tendency is evident in most of the popular, and some of the academic, conversations regarding “gender differences.” The book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus makes it seem like men and wom...This tendency is evident in most of the popular, and some of the academic, conversations regarding “gender differences.” The book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus makes it seem like men and women aren’t even species that hail from the same planet.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/01%3A_Language_and_Culture-_Concepts_and_Definitions/1.04%3A_Linguistic_RelativityOne of the most important ideas in the course, and that will orient all of our inquiries, is that language and worldviews mutually influence each other. You can think of a worldview as the lens (as in...One of the most important ideas in the course, and that will orient all of our inquiries, is that language and worldviews mutually influence each other. You can think of a worldview as the lens (as in the “glasses”) that filters the way individuals in a given culture see the world, colored by the culture those individuals belong to (the “lens” metaphor is not mine, but that of Israeli linguist Guy Deutscher).
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/00%3A_Front_Matter/02%3A_InfoPageThe LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the Californi...The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/03%3A_The_Ethnolinguistic_Perspective/3.03%3A_Are_You_Familiar_with_MemesIf we go back to the prior example of shape versus interior, how would a person who is brought up speaking both English and Mayan Yucatec answer the question, “Which object is more similar to the firs...If we go back to the prior example of shape versus interior, how would a person who is brought up speaking both English and Mayan Yucatec answer the question, “Which object is more similar to the first one?” Linguists have found differences in the language use of monolinguals and bilinguals when describing colors, motion, time or space, but why is that?
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/02%3A_Conveying_Meaning/2.01%3A_Theory_of_Non-Verbal_Communication-_Important_ConceptsIn the U.S., time is viewed as a resource, as is illustrated by the common expression “time is money.” People living in monochronic cultures tend to focus on the completion of one task at a time and u...In the U.S., time is viewed as a resource, as is illustrated by the common expression “time is money.” People living in monochronic cultures tend to focus on the completion of one task at a time and usually view interruption and distraction as things to be avoided.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/01%3A_Language_and_Culture-_Concepts_and_Definitions/1.02%3A_Fundamental_Properties_of_LanguageWith the recognition of the fact that speakers actively use language to construct and manipulate social identities by signaling membership in particular speech communities, the idea of the bounded spe...With the recognition of the fact that speakers actively use language to construct and manipulate social identities by signaling membership in particular speech communities, the idea of the bounded speech community with homogeneous speech norms has become largely abandoned for a model based on the speech community as a fluid community of practice.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/04%3A_Language_Worldviews_and_Intercultural_Communication/4.02%3A_Important_Concepts_for_Understanding_Intercultural_CommunicationIf this sounds a bit unfamiliar, that is because the English language has no such linguistic distinctions; it is an example of the personal style that enhances the sense of “I.” While the English lang...If this sounds a bit unfamiliar, that is because the English language has no such linguistic distinctions; it is an example of the personal style that enhances the sense of “I.” While the English language does allow us to show respect for our audience such as the choice to eliminate slang or the use of titles such as Sir, Madame, President, Congressperson, or Professor, they do not inherently change the structure of the language.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/05%3A_Addendum/5.01%3A_ADDENDUMAnd then if you think of the example of Oberwart where, uh, Hungarian and German were in contact we found that the language shift that we saw there was a classic case of what we now know and would cal...And then if you think of the example of Oberwart where, uh, Hungarian and German were in contact we found that the language shift that we saw there was a classic case of what we now know and would call diglossia, where German had the official function, the H functions, Hungarian had the social life, the association with territory over time.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistic_Anthropology/Languages_and_Worldview_(Allard-Kropp)/01%3A_Language_and_Culture-_Concepts_and_Definitions/1.03%3A_Icebergs_of_CultureFor the military culture this area includes things such as: the uniform and rank, the salute, the playing of the national anthem before commanders calls and movies, the POWs ceremony, the honoring of ...For the military culture this area includes things such as: the uniform and rank, the salute, the playing of the national anthem before commanders calls and movies, the POWs ceremony, the honoring of heroes, and the change-of-command ceremony.
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