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Belief (Ch. 5) an d Language (Ch. 6)

Belief (Ch. 5) an d Language (Ch. 6). Belief (page 177). Distinction from “Fact”—reliance upon FALSIFICATION (testability/is it verifiable in a practical way?) Truth vs. Fact Last week: Perception, Lenses, and Perspective

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Belief (Ch. 5) an d Language (Ch. 6)

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  1. Belief (Ch. 5) an d Language (Ch. 6)

  2. Belief (page 177) • Distinction from “Fact”—reliance upon FALSIFICATION (testability/is it verifiable in a practical way?) • Truth vs. Fact • Last week: Perception, Lenses, and Perspective • Bias and Stereotyping----the relationship to discrimination and language

  3. Language (page 229) • History of the English Language: Old, Middle, Early Modern, Modern Language is organic (all language) • Primary causes of major change: • Migration • Warfare • Trade between nations/cultural Exchange No set pattern of change**

  4. Perception/Semantic Meaning • Connotation vs. Denotation • C-----Community/Social Meaning • D-----Denotation/Literal Meaning JabberwockyPage 237 Thinking Activity 6.2, please complete this after we have read-through the poem together….

  5. Syntactic Meaning • Meanings of words in relation to other words in a sentence • Relationship between sentences in a passage or portion of writing “Context Clues” Syntax---the order of words or ideas

  6. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) `Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,  And the momerathsoutgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun  The frumiousBandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand:  Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree,  And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood,  The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,  And burbled as it came!

  7. One, two! One, two! And through and through  The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head  He went galumphing back. "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'  He chortled in his joy. `Twasbrillig, and the slithytoves  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,  And the momerathsoutgrabe.

  8. S.A. E. (Standard American English) • Standardization to deal with regional and cultural variations • Less and less need for it as technology “connects” us • Dialect: regional and cultural differences/special markers that are consistent over time---have become an integral part of the way language is used there/by those people • Social nature of all language

  9. Cultural Sensitivity (252) • Slang • Jargon (“professional slang”) • Euphemism (255) • Semantic identification— Certain names, labels, and descriptions are powerful in the way they can be used to define, control, and/or restrict people. Be CAREFUL with your language in a professional setting! Inform and empower yourself with sensitivity towards language-usage.

  10. Emotive Language • Emotionally-charged words or phrases • Purely cultural…can be age-based, region or nation-based, race-based, etc. • Serve as “triggers” • Profanity is an example

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