Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Key Metaphors

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Symbolic representation that is widely understood within a culture and central to that culture’s world view

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Magic

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Set of beliefs and practices designed to control the visible or invisible world for specific purpose

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Metaphor (4)

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Form of thought and language that asserts a meaningful link between 2 expressions from different semantic domains

Key
Societal
Organic
Technological

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Metaphorical Entailments

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All the attributes of a metaphorical predicate that relate it to the metaphorical subject

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Metaphorical Predicate

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The second part of a metaphor

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Metaphorical Subject

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The first part of a metaphor, which indicates the domain of experience that needs to be clarified

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Metonymy

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The culturally defined relationship of the parts of a semantic domain to the domain as a whole and of the whole to it’s parts

the relationship that links all of the parts of a semantic domain to one another

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Nativism

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An attempt to return to traditional customs

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Oracles

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Invisible forces to which people address questions and whose responses they believe to be truthful

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Organic Metaphor

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Key metaphor that predicts lies in the image of a living body

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Religion

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“Ideas and practices that postulate reality beyond that which is immediately available to the senses”

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Revitalization

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Conscious, deliberate, and organized attempt by some members of a society to create a more satisfying culture in a time of crisis

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Secularism

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The separation of religion and state

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14
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Social Metaphor

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A key metaphor whose predicate lies in the social order

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Syncretism

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The synthesis of old religious practices introduced from outside, often by force

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Technological Metaphor

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Key metaphor whose predicate lies in objects made by human beings

17
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Transculturation

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Cultural change resulting from contact between different cultures

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Witchcraft

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The practice of magic

19
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Worldview

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An encompassing picture of reality created by members of a society

20
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Exoration

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21
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Sacrifice

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e,

22
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Meditation

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Taboo

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a social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing

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Mana

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Idea superhuman power lies inside certain objects or people and can be transferred from one another

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Prayer

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a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship

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Exhoration

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an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something