ANTH 210 Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture1. Linguist definition2. Class discussion about the movie The Linguistic: The study of universal languages and individualsOutline of Current Lecture1. Sociolinguistics2. Language reveals social meanings3. Ebonics4. Historical Linguistics5. Language LossCurrent Lecture SociolinguisticsSociolinguistics is the study of language in a social context. Flipping Sapir is when we whorf to argue. Culture determines language as well as gender, age, social class, ethnicity, religion and occupation.Ex: kallawaya focal vocabulary centered on healing plants and rituals= spiritual control and knowledge.Language reveals social meaningsFocal vocabulary is a set of words and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups. They focal vocabulary words are sometimes dead give aways in American societies such as Hooters and it’s male versus female meaning. Whereas in America Hooters might symbolize one thing in another culture it might be represented as only a restaurant.EbonicsThe Black English Vernacular (BEV) or African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Literature tha represents ebonics is Them Children or the Oakland School System Response. Thiscan be researched under the Wikipedia page (search: Oakland School System Response) and thesite discusses the linguists views towards ebonics.Historical LinguisticsHistorical linguistics is the subdividion of linguistics that studies language over time. An example is Bantu Migration which happened 4,000-5,000 years ago. They can use computer stimulations.Language LossGlobalization reduces diversity as we saw in The Linguistic. The role of boardingschools and state coercion are factors as
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