Week 2 Ch 5 Comment

The book continues on the same topic I mentioned in the previous blog (Language being the source of Meaning). I like how the book puts it when it says, "meaning is not inherent in objects... meaning is negotiated through the use of language." The book goes on to talk about how as humans we can name things and build meanings behind words. I agree with Mead's beliefs that symbolic naming is the basis for human society.

Week 2 Ch 4 Comment

In the Socio-Cultural Tradition section of chapter 4, the book brings up the idea that our reality is shaped by the language that we use. The example they use is being able to see, "green." One could be color blind and never know what people are talking about when they point out something as being green. On the other hand the book brings up the fact that many Native American languages don't have a word for green, yellow just fades into blue. It's wild to think that something you've grown up knowing as green could be someone else's purple, and there is no way to know exactly what someone else is seeing!

First Blog EVER!

I am not sure what I am doing, or what I should be writing, but I think I am getting a hold of this technology stuff.