Names from Cultural Studies
Who introduced Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf
To what language group belongs the Kazakh language?
Turkic group of languages
The culture that consists of intangible and abstract concepts such as language, rituals, customs and traditions etc.
Non-material culture
What is pragmatics in semiotics according to Charles Morris?
The way how signs affect human behaviour
A culture that is concerned with the external, mechanical and utilitarian object.
Material culture
He is a Russian-language poet, Turkologist, politician, and anti-nuclear activist who wrote about Turkic influence on The Tale of Igor’s Campaign (Slovo o Polku Igoreve). The essence of this work is about the unity of the human world, multilingual and multiethnic human culture
Olzhas Suleimenov
Who are the nomads?
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas
What is netiquette?
Netiquette, or Internet etiquette, is an ideal pattern of behavior for Internet users, guidelines about what is acceptable in an online medium for personal and professional use.
What is 'culture' according to Clifford Geerrtz and Victor Turner?
Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner regarded culture as the system of signs which are created by human activity and which need practices and context.
The word “batyr” means
A brave man or courage man
Who introduced the term 'Cultural studies'?
An American anthropologist Leslie A.White in 1949 in his work "The Science of Culture: A Study of Man and Civilization"
The Saka queen who fought against the Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire.
Tomyris
What is ‘cultural meme’?
A concept introduced by Richard Dawkens and stands for a popular, repeatable, transferable cultural unit that is similar to human genes.
Ferdinand de Saussure analysed semiotics through language, whereas semiotics of Charles Pierce focused on …
Cognitive aspects of semiotics (how people interpret signs and this process is called semiosis, so when a person tries to understand a sign people rely on multiple inferences and finally can reveal the full meaning of object).
Why do people stereotype?
To categorise and understand the world around us.
The Swiss researcher who developed the theory of semiotics and regarded the language as a complex sign system.
Ferdinand de Saussure
Material achievements of nomadic Saka tribes.
chariots, weapons, metallic industry, jewelry animal style, yurt (tent), pants, Golden Man, domestication of horses;
Semiotics
Why is Sapir-Whorf's hypothesis considered as hypothesis? How did they collect data?
Their arguments have not been proven yet, and they conducted interviews and surveys and observations among African tribes.
What is 'subculture'? Give examples, please.
A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture
Name of the author of opera ‘Birzhan-Sara’ which was first performed in 1946
M. Tulebaev
Who is Anakharsis?
He is a Scythian thinker, philosopher; he was a member of Ariopagus; he was from a royal family; he was a politician and knew personally Salon, Ancient Greek ruler, he took part in Olympic Games; he is known for his quotations.
What is cultural code?
Culture code is a key method developed by Clotaire Rapaille to understanding the type of culture, unique cultural features encoded in some form of information to identify the culture.
What is strong and weak version of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
Strong - 1. Language definitely determines the thoughts.
Weak - 2. Language influences on some aspects of behavior and perceptions of the world.
What is the term 'paradox'? Give examples.
Contradictory statements, thoughts, meanings against the established norms; e.g. war, murder, lie, etc.