Language in CultureResponse Paper #1 Prompt
\nRespond to both of the following two prompts. Each response should be around 2 pages, for a total
\nlength of 3-5 pages (double spaced, 1\u201d margins, size 12 font). Responses should be turned in as hard
\ncopies in your discussion section on Friday, February 12th.
\nResponses will be graded based on how well they incorporate the concepts discussed so far in the
\ncourse and on the thoughtfulness of their analysis. You don\u2019t have to avoid writing in the first person
\n(especially for prompt #2) and your introductions and conclusions to each response can be brief. If you
\nhave any questions feel free to stop by Professor Kramer\u2019s office hours and\/or contact your TA to
\narrange a meeting!
\n1. Consider the following excerpt from Lewis Carroll\u2019s Through the Looking Glass:
\nHumpty Dumpty took the book and looked at it carefully. \u2018That seems to be done right \u2014\u2019
\nhe began.
\n\u2018You\u2019re holding it upside down!\u2019 Alice interrupted.
\n\u2018To be sure I was!\u2019 Humpty Dumpty said gaily as she turned it round for him. \u2018I thought it
\nlooked a little queer. As I was saying, that seems to be done right \u2014 though I haven\u2019t time to
\nlook it over thoroughly just now \u2014 and that shows that there are three hundred and sixty-four
\ndays when you might get un-birthday presents \u2014\u2019
\n\u2018Certainly,\u2019 said Alice.
\n\u2018And only one for birthday presents, you know. There\u2019s glory for you!\u2019
\n\u2018I don\u2019t know what you mean by \u201cglory\u201d,\u2019 Alice said.
\nHumpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. \u2018Of course you don\u2019t \u2014 till I tell you. I meant
\n\u201cthere\u2019s a nice knock-down argument for you!\u201d\u2018
\n\u2018But \u201cglory\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201ca nice knock-down argument\u201d,\u2019 Alice objected.
\n\u2018When I use a word,\u2019 Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, \u2018it means just what I
\nchoose it to mean \u2014 neither more nor less.\u2019
\n\u2018The question is,\u2019 said Alice, \u2018whether you can make words mean so many different things.\u2019
\n\u2018The question is,\u2019 said Humpty Dumpty, \u2018which is to be master \u2014 that\u2019s all.\u2019
\nWhy is Humpty Dumpty\u2019s position on language use \u2014 \u201cWhen I use a word, it means just what I
\nchoose it to mean\u201d \u2014 absurd Use at least one of the authors we have read so far to explain the flaws
\nin Mr. Dumpty\u2019s language philosophy.
\n2. Imagine the following scenario: You would like to sit down, but there is a coat (not yours) on the
\nonly unoccupied seat. You think the coat probably belongs to the person in the adjacent seat. Come up
\nwith four different things you might say to the person that would (hopefully) make them move the
\ncoat. Compare the four potential utterances: How do they differ from one another How do the
\ncontexts in which you would say each differ from one another How is your choice of utterance shaped
\nby changes in the setting, the person you\u2019re addressing, and any other factors you think would be
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