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    Human beings are always being compared to other animals. How are we similar? How are we different? One of the most compared features between humans and other animals is self-awareness. Self-awareness is the ability of an individual who knows that they have a distinct identity that separates them from others. As children and infants we do not possesses we have no awareness of self and cannot tell the differences between other humans and material objects. Only gradually do we as children start to…

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    What Is Liminality?

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    Liminality is a central theme to most of Arthur Yap’s work, extending his material to a broad range of interpretations and possibilities that elude a definitive and denotative meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, that which is liminal has three interpretations: “minimality”; something “characterized by being on a boundary or threshold” or a “transitional… state between culturally defined stages of a person’s life”. This liminality is evident in Yap’s distinct artistry, where he…

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    Popular Culture Introduction Culture refers to characteristics and knowledge of a given group of people that is defined by several factors, for instance, language, nations, tribe, religion, habits, music, cuisine and social habits among others. According to the center of Research on Language Acquisition, culture refers to shared patterns of conducts and interactions, intellectual hypotheses, and understanding that are acquired through learning. The word "culture" stems from a French word that…

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    Language plays an important role in society. In large extent it is a mirror of it while at the same time it functions as means of constructing and maintaining that society. As a phenomenon of society, language reflects all the perspectives of human society. Sexism in language has been a controversial topic in sociolinguists since its inception. In this chapter, a historical overview will be made and definitions will be provided. Sexism in language exists when language devalues members of a…

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    Nonverbal Language

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    The ways in which humans communicate Language plays an instrumental role in human communication as it had ensured our species’ survival and ability to thrive within civilizations. Notably, language exists as a universal contract that reaches an agreement of mutual comprehension during the event of two parties communicating. Without this mutual comprehension, the human brain would be less advanced than even an ant’s and this would result in quick extinction (Formigari, 2004). Although…

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    every language,” (109), which he does so by arguing the importance of regarding other languages. The relationships between languages have BLAH. Glissant explores the history of the relationship of the world’s languages. The idea that you either “Live in seclusion or open up to the other,” (103) was what legitimized language domination in history. Either communities and societies took up a “universal” language in order to participate in a global level, or they would retreat into the language and…

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    unable to use their choice of words because of censorship which should not happen. Anyone should have the rights to be able to express their idea regardless of the outcome. In the functions of a language, Coq states “Language is composed of words, written signs or spoken expressions but, whatever the form, language is expressed by artificial, human symbols that generate feelings and bring out images and ideas” (177). A censored world isn’t a censored word it is a combination of signs put…

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    and they both use language as a means of communicating culture and literary themes. Without a doubt, within Brother Man, language is essential to understanding the characters. Though none of the characters in this novel uses “Standard British English”, there is definitely a variation in the language used among themselves. For example, the first two characters that we meet, are Girlie and Papacita. Neither of these two is very educated and that fact is exacerbated by their language use. “Ain’t…

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    A central notion is 'stratification', such that language is analysed in terms of four strata: Context, Semantics, Lexico-Grammar and Phonology-Graphology. Context concerns the Field (what is going on), Tenor (the social roles and relationships between the participants), and the Mode (aspects of the channel of communication, e.g., monologic/dialogic, spoken/written, +/- visual-contact, etc.). Systemic semantics includes what is usually called 'pragmatics'. Semantics is divided into three…

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    anthropology pieces that have been read and critiqued in class, the topic of language usually comes up in a way to praise or reject that claims that are being made. Anthropologist must constantly be aware of their word choices because they have the power to change the whole connotation of their findings when language is used a certain way, omitted, or modified in translation. One of the first pieces that this discussion of language came up in was in the piece Righteous Dopefiend by Philippe…

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