Culture continued I What Amae reveals about intercultural communication II Expressing good intentions across languages and cultures III Defining culture IV Introductory to Relation between Language and Culture 1 Carroll s notion of culture 2 Culture as invisible premises 3 Carroll s version of Thick Description 7 remembering the experience in detail by seeing in slow motion imagine a context in which this experience is no longer shocking or unpleasant but normal 4 Great Gift giving examples 5 What steps did she take to understand what happened to her 6 What it means to say that cultural analysis doesn t involve value judgments Those people are so rude superficial f riendly 7 Where stereotypes come from according to RC 8 p 4 Following an intercultural experience which bothered or annoyed me I will have a tendency to say things like The French are Or Americans are In other words if stereotypes are hardy it is not because they contain a grain of truth but rather because they express and reflect the culture of those who espouse them 9 Exercise about Common US Stereotypes of other Nationalities French British German 10 If you practice cultural analysis will you stop having your own cultural reactions 11 Limitations to Carroll 12 Limitations Role of history cultural frames are not static Implicitly defines culture as nationality Role of power in intercultural interactions Other ways one might understand emergence of stereotypes in icc 13 What happened to Takeo Doi 14 What each vignette shows Are you hungry Ice cream Thank you I m sorry Help yourself What would you like to drink why so many choices 15 Is this a language problem 16 What would Carroll say about his analysis 17 What is Amae universal Japanese 18 Why is Amae hard for Americans to understand grasp 19 One person s discussion http www youtube com watch v HPIWV1w 2Uq0 20 Making the exotic familiar Write a paragraph an interaction you ve experienced or witnessed that could be described as an example of Amae Easy Hard 21 How did you understand culture before starting this class What is are your current understanding s of culture What do you still find confusing 22 Language in ICC Language as a semiotic system through which people interpret produce perceive meanings How have the authors we ve read thus far directly addressed the role of language in icc 23 When you ve studied a foreign language what are the different rubrics involved 24 How has culture been presented in the language classes you ve taken 25 Language Culture link Language is cultural Culture is often enacted through language Define C and L to grasp their relationship 26 Language is a System Whether you ve studied them formally or not all languages have a system of rules norms People rely on the implicit system to create and understand meanings 27 1 phonetics phonology sound system of a language what sound differences do native speakers make and recognize 28 American English phonology US English vowel sounds How many vowels Hint not 5 29 15 vowels https www youtube com watch v 0YKGCvg F8wY 30 How do you say Don dawn Ilk elk Orange Bus boss Block black 31 Chicagoans linguistic trendsetters WBEZ Say what you will about the homogenizing effects of national broadcast media think how standard Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric sound the truth is that Chicagoans vowels are getting more regional not more standardized 32 Corrine McCarthy s Listening Guide Too Hot for Hockey Don and Patty took the bus to the gym to watch some hockey They met their pals Dawn and Chad They snacked on nachos hot dogs sausage and pop Then they noticed something odd the gym was getting hot Don and Dawn took off their jackets Patty wiped the sweat with a paper towel Chad took off his hat and used it as a fan the puck never hit the ice which sadly had begun to melt They couldn t get the gym cool enough The match was canceled so the friends headed to a bar to watch the Sox game 33 What we re listening for Chicago vowels Words in yellow test for a fronted o vowel a feature of Chicago English Does the speaker say h ah ckey p ah p and ah dd If so they probably have a fronted o vowel Words in red test for a raised a vowel a feature of Chicago English Does the speaker say sn eak ed h ea t and m ea tch If so they probably have a raised a vowel Words in green test for a backed uh vowel a feature of Chicago English Does the speaker say b aw s p aw ck and en aw gh If so they probably have a backed uh vowel Other things we listened for Did the speaker pronounce Don and Dawn differently most likely as Dahn and Dawn Chicagoans generally distinguish between the ah and aw vowels found in Don and Dawn Speakers whose speech doesn t resemble the accent generally pronounce Don and Dawn the same way Does the speaker say things like da puck or wid a paper towel The pronunciation of th as d is a classic Chicago feature though this is also found in other dialects in the U S and abroad See more at http interactive wbez org curiouscity accents readingguide html sthash icAdSZ3O dpuf 34 Phonetics Phonology continued What sounds do you think are hard to learn in English What sounds have been hard for you in other languages https www youtube com watch v IUyK cIB5 I4 1 02 1 30 35 2 Morphology OH study of the smallest meaningful units in language cat s 2 morphemes noun pluralizing morpheme walk ed 2 morphemes infinitive past tense morpheme 36 3 Syntax study of structure grammar of a language rules for combining words in sentences Ex English SVO I love you Mary loves Sam vs You love me Sam loves Mary 37 Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe All mimsy were the borogroves and the mome raths outgrabe Beware the Jabberwock my son The jaws that bite the claws that catch Beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious Bandersnatch 38 Languages vary immensely in their phonology morphology and syntax But that s not all there is to learning knowing a language 39 Pragmatics language as action language in context Study of how language links to the world around us how lg gets meaning in context s How lg is a tool for social action People speak to DO things 40 Pragmatics Language as Action in Context Exs a I ll be there tomorrow context that makes this statement intelligible b Excuse me Mr Jones social context that makes this intelligible c I now pronounce you legally wed action this statement does 41 So how are L and C connected It is most directly through pragmatics that culture creeps in to language 42