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From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <nostratic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Origins of I-E; was: Re: Problems with Bomhard



> Gerry:
> >A culture cannot exist without a language (or some form
> >of communication).
>
> Ugh, Gerry. Have you taken ethnology before? Please take
> a course. From what I understand culture to mean, the
> following site at the University of Minnesota...
>
> http://carla.acad.umn.edu/culture.html
>
> ... seems to describe it as I was taught: "Culture is
> defined as the shared patterns of behaviors and
> interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective
> understanding that are learned through a process of
> socialization."

Glennie,
You are playing with my words again. We were discussing communication.

Sure, your definition from the Univ. of Minnesota web site is fine:

"For the purposes of the Intercultural Studies Project, culture is defined
as the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs,
and affective understanding that are learned through a process of
socialization. These shared patterns identify the members of a culture group
while also distinguishing those of another group."

Yet there is no mention of language. The above definition could work for a
pack of wolves or a gaggle of geese. Apparently the Intercultural Studies
Project has an agenda whereby all groups are equal.

Gerry