THE CULTURAL ROLE OF LANGUAGE

The Individual Project (IP) is an essential part of the course. IPs give each student the opportunity to reflect on the assigned topic and apply critical thinking skills to a written assignment. Every student is expected to create an original composition to the open-ended IP questions noted below.

Assignment Details

Based on your reading about language and forms of cultural organization, please write a brief essay of 2 pages (not including the cover page and reference page) that answers the following questions:

1. Why do people need language?

2. In Chapter 3, various types of communication are identified. What conditions determine the kind of language that people will use? Choose 2 of the following languages: slang, body language, sign, pidgin, creole, and so forth.

3. Why do some languages survive while others die out? Offer a specific example.

Be sure to cite at least 3 references in APA format.