Language, Culture and Communication Introduction语言，文化与通信概论.pptVIP

Communications: Language Thought and Society. In order for social scientists to understand how people organize their lives, carry out work, practice religions, and the like, they need to be aware of how people talk to each other (Bonvillain 2003, 2) Communicative Interactions Meanings transmitted through language Situational , Social and Cultural Situational Meanings: Conveyed through the form of language depending on context Example: formal and informal encounters Social Meanings: Transmitted by members of different social sectors through a particular use of language Example: gender differentiation, occupation, social class position, etc Cultural Meanings: When words carry specific symbolic meaning or cultural specific meanings. Transmitted by a particular use of language Example: language expressions The act of speaking is action The importance of the links between language and culture To understand the importance of human communication To understand social and cultural behaviors Cultural contexts in which language is used Situational, social and cultural meanings of language are created within cultural contexts: Cultural contexts are connected to Cultural models:  Cultural Model A cultural model is a construction of reality that is created, shared, and transmitted by members of a group (similar to an ideology) Speech Community A group of people who speak the same language, share norms about appropriate uses of language, and share social attitudes toward language ant its use. Linguistic Anthropology Subfield of anthropology Study of language and comunication (cross-culturally) Compares language use Language origins Relationship between language and culture Linguistic Anthrop New Areas of Research Nationalism and language --Quebec, Ireland, and Yugoslavia Language and social hierarchy --class system and caste system Language and politics Linguistic Anthropology: specialization and links Links to archaeology: language origins Links to physical anth