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- Semantics and pragmatics
- louds on the horizon are signs of rain and flags, words, and many gestures are signs of nations and ideas... of their production. Flags, by contrast, and most words, are meaningful because they represent or 'stand ... say that semantics is the study of the meaning of words. Historically this is true, in the sense that the... xt of their utterance. Otto Jespersen calls these words "shifters" (2013 [1922]: 123) because the same fo
- Assessments at-a-glance @2667
- itings | Wednesdays 11:59 p.m., Weeks 2-12| ~100 words each | 20% | | Possible topics | 14 March, 11:59 p.m. | 200 words | 10% | | Progress report | 11 April, 11:59 p.m. | 300 words | 15% | | Thesis statement and outline | 2 May, 11:59 p.m. | 500 words | 15% | | Final paper | 6 June a
- Metaphor
- etaphor as a kind of general relationship between words. All languages have words which can be used in more than one sense. What's really hard about learning a foreign language is not learning the words, but learning the ways you can use words metaphorically. Even statments that may seem very literal in on
- Religion and Economy
- of the person who gives them, a hau, quoting the words of a Maori man. In this way, economic behavior is... f the social division of labor, and in Durkheim's words, a resulting increase in the moral density of soc... o evaluate their own reasons for action; in other words, to define their selfhood in individual terms. On... economic life of the religious subject. In other words, although agents may wish to see their own morali
- City air makes you free @1002:2018
- est that you concentrate on listening and use the words on the screen as a guide to the main points. Don'... history is not linear or progressive. In other words, anthropologists argue that you cannot understand... em to examine why they do what they do. In other words, religion rationalizes people's social behavior. ... nd of training, and as self-discipline. In other words, it was a new way of seeing oneself. It is a mean
- Constructive criticism of a colleague’s Mauss research @1002:2020
- 6 at 5:00 PM\\ **Weight**: 10%\\ **Length**: 500 words ===== Objective ===== The purpose of this assig... en you can explain it to someone else in your own words, and they can understand what you understand (by summarizing your ideas in //their// own words). For this assignment, you will be given another ... you thoroughly describe what they say in your own words, then they will be able to judge whether or not t
- Translation
- found in bilingualism and pidgin languages. **Key words:** interlingual relations, language contact, lang... rd average European (SAE)” imaginary, a speaker’s words refer directly to things in the world which, more... fornia Press. Hanks, William F. 2010. Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross. Berkeley, Calif.: ... versity of Chicago Press. Swaan, Abram De. 2013. Words of the World: The Global Language System. Malden,
- Final paper @2667
- t assignment'. A final paper should be about 3000 words, or 10 pages. You will be graded on how much your... 02, or a friend whose opinion you trust. In other words, make your essay as self-contained and self-expla... In conclusion, I have shown..." * Etc. In other words, it's OK to say 'I'. It is a good idea, actually,
- Assessments @1002:2018
- itings | Due Sunday 11:59 p.m., Weeks 2-12| ~100 words each | 10% | | Essay | September 9, 4:00 p.m | 1750 words | 40% | | Final exam | Finals we... te sentences. You only need to write about 50-100 words. These are not meant to be tests. They are opport
- Why would someone join a religious commune? @2667
- another prohibited, 'dirty' substance. In other words, if religion is social, and religious activities ... Jesus People and the Twelve Tribes ## In other words... ## In other words, I am arguing that the Twelve Tribes owes its origins to movements that also lead
- Critique of your own cultural assumptions @1002:2020
- 0 at 5:00 PM\\ **Weight**: 20%\\ **Length**: 1000 words ===== Objective ===== In this assignment, we wa... ar culture’s way of seeing and thinking. In other words, you should use anthropology to critique the cult... ou find your first draft is much longer than 1000 words, revise it and ask yourself how much you need to
- Qualitative analysis of a birth interview @1002:2020
- 1 at 5:00 PM\\ **Weight**: 20%\\ **Length**: 1000 words ===== Objective ===== Find out about your birth... ou find your first draft is much longer than 1000 words, revise it and ask yourself how much you need to ... stak, Marjorie. (1982) 2000. //Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman//. Cambridge: Harvard University
- Taparoro: Missionary Translation and its Rivals in the Coral Sea Contact Zone @talks
- uite angry because the witches had not heeded the words of the lotu, i.e. the Christian religion Taparoro... ld 1891, 15) ## Translating with taparoro: New words ## Copland King: "Is it right to take a native w... iew, January 6. ———. 1904. Vocabulary of English Words, With Equivalents. Geelong, Vic.: H. Thacker, Pri
- Remittance networks and stratified reproduction @1002:2018
- ives to support them. Remittances are, in other words, gifts of money. They are ways of doing kinship w... aiti, Tajikistan. * These countries, in other words, participate in global capitalism mainly by expor
- Metaphors of kinship and performativity of symbols @2654
- ewealth - Family is...? * How to do things with words - Carsten argues that kinship is created throug... s ## Austin, John L. 1962. How to Do Things with Words: The William James Lectures. 2nd ed. Cambridge, M