Theories of Culture & Society Flashcards
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Who is Edward Sapir?
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A theorists of linguistic determinism
2
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What was Edward Sapir interested in?
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Language ——> Thought
Such as Karma; Sapir would say your incapable of thinking/explaining that
3
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What did Ben Wharf believe about Language and Thought?
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Language ThoughtCulture
(more complex) The sapid-wharf hypothesis of theory of linguistic relativity
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What is Linguistic Relativity?
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- orginally proposed as an axiologically neutral theory
- orginally rooted in the semiotic tradition
- explored in both the socio-psychological and socio-cultural traditions
- later became the basis of Muted Group Theroy
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What is Muted Group Theory?
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- rooted in the Theory of Linguistic Relativity…
- Language names certain experience and therefore determines what is socially recognized
6
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What is else does Muted Group Theory focus on?
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- focuses on how dominant discourse silences (or mutes) groups that are not in societal mainstream
- what experience are not named? (gender neutral bathroom)
