While Anthropologists Have Gone to Lengths to Show That Languages

question 34

Essay

While anthropologists have gone to lengths to show that languages are linguistically equal, languages often exist in a hierarchical manner within a given place. Compare how language and power intersect by discussing how nonprestige languages may be marginalized. How are boundaries between language policed, and what happens when speakers "code switch" in different cultural contexts?

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Definitions:

Reasoning

The mental process of generating conclusions, judgments, or inferences based on facts, premises, or evidence.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing.

Systematic Thinking

An analytical, methodical approach to problem-solving that involves breaking down complex problems into manageable parts.

Stereotype

A fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular group or class of people.