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Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn said, "Every language is a special way of looking at the world and interpreting experience. Concealed in the structure of language are a whole set of unconscious assumptions about the world and the life in it."
Using the list (handout) of linguistic characteristics of a(n imaginary) recently discovered civilization, each group will characterize the society that uses this language. Use your analysis to reconstruct the culture. As you work, you will have to make a few educated guesses, so be careful to qualify your conclusions carefully (use words such as: "perhaps" and "possibly").
Helpful Hints:
- look for patterns
- draw inferences, but make sure these rely ONLY on the data (facts)
- use ALL the data
- cite your evidence to support your inferences