Language/Meaning
Describe the term "language".
Expression of ideas through sounds and words
What are the three problem of translation?
Context, untranslatable words, idioms.
How is language used to manipulate people?
Media, politics
The term language in TOK can be described as the expression of ideas through words, sounds, and sights.
False. Only sounds and words.
______ has a constant change in its definition.
Language
Why do we need to use grammar?
It ensures clarity while communicating
What does the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis state?
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that language determines our experience of reality and that we only see and think only to what our language allows us to see and think.
Come up with your own advertising slogan.
No right or wrong answer.
The dictionary definition of language is often vague.
True.
"All speech, written or spoken, is a ______ language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer"
Dead
Why does the term "language" have no set definition?
It is constantly changing.
What are the two benefits of learning a new language?
Provides a new perspective on one’s native language.
Helps one discover that different languages divides the world into different ways.
What is emotionally laden language?
favorable or unfavorable feeling that hovers about a word.
The Image Theory can be described as a linguistic determinism.
False. That's the Sapir Whorf Theory.
______ are made on people solely based on their membership of a group or nationality.
Stereotypes
What is the Denotation theory do?
Distinguishes a meaningful term from a meaningless term.
What is the difference between stereotypes and generalization?
Stereotypes and generalizations differ because stereotypes exaggerate the negative aspects in a group and associate all with them. They are based off prejudice rather than fact. Generalization does the opposite of that.
How is language power to you?
knowledge, ability to express feelings, beliefs, ideas, etc
"Puijilittatuq" is an Armenian example of an untranslatable word.
False. It is an Canadian Arctic word.
Labels reflect natural classes of ________________
Existing objects.