Anthro 102 1st EditionLecture 5Outline of Current LectureReligion1. Religion2. Notable Theorists of Religion3. Religion and Worldview4. Defining ReligionMagic:1. Defining Magic2. Defining Religion: Magic and ReligionCurrent LectureReligion:1. Defining Religion: Origins2. Religious Belief: Doctrine3. Religious Practice: RitualI. Linguistic Anthropologya. Study of communicationb. Communication- conveying of meaningful messages from one being to another (verbal and non-verbal)c. LA-arose in US as response to disappearing Native American languagesd. Realization many non-western languages not written downII. Language- a symbolic communication systema. Symbol- anything we can perceive with our senses that stand for something elseb. Symbols have referents (they refer to something else)i. Rideii. Lawnc. Humans can assign meaning to anything they encounter in arbitrary fashion (limitless possibilities for communication)III. Language and Worldviewa. What makes human communication different than other forms of animal communication?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best Used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Language-system of communication that has systematic set of arbitrary symbolsii. Infinite productivity- communication of many message efficiently iii. Displacement- ability to talk about displaced domains (temporal, spatial and ideational)b. Does the language we speak “determine how we see the world?i. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis- differences in language predetermine differencesin thinkingii. Linguistic determinism- language determines our worldview behavioriii. Sociolinguistics- social position shape form and content of languagec. Do languages evolve and change? If so, how?i. Colonial expansion since 1500’sii. Creation of pidgins1. Result of different languages mixing together2. No one’s first language3. Limited to domains such as tradeiii. Pidgins can become creoles1. Own native speakers2. Involves linguistic expansion and elaborationsiv. Bilingualism- ability to speak two languages 1. Linguistic pluralismv. Migration and globalizationvi. Variation within a single language: word choice, intonation, grammar1. Dialects- away of speaking in a particular placevii. Is linguistic pluralism a good thing?d. Is it possible to communicate without speaking?i. Paralanguage- nonverbal forms of communication (posture, eye movement, hand signals)ii. Follows rules and patterns like verbal language and can vary cross-culturallyiii. Kinesics- study of communication that happens thru body movement, facial expression and spatial behaviorIV. Questionsa. What is the language spoken by the most people today as a native, or first, language?i. Mandarin Chineseb. The percent of languages in the world that are “primitive” in the sense of not having a system of sounds, words, and sentences, that can adequately communicate the content of culture?i. 0%c. The number of languages that have added words to modern English?i. At least 240d. The fraction of all languages in the world that are no longer spoken by children?i. About