Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0318 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Language
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The idea
Language is a culture's organized system of symbols, and the means by which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next.
In practice
A child learns a vocabulary and, along with it, the categories that vocabulary divides the world into.
Where people slip
Language carries culture and shapes it; it is not a neutral container holding it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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