1.) When Culler says "society is the primary reality" he means that the normal things that happen in society is what people think of as reality.
2.) Society can "precede" the individual because the whole of society makes up the meanings of things. Things become more popular as a group than if it was done by one person.
3.) Society isn't the result of individual behavior because nothing comes from just one person's actions. There has to a whole group acting as one in order for it to actually become an actual society.
4.) The underlying basis of the science of semiotics for Culler is that there has to be "an underlying system of conventions which makes this meaning possible." There must be a society that teaches the meaning of semiotics if there is a society that uses them.
5.) It is incorrect to say that the individual doesn't think. The individual does think, but just because they think does not make them a society. The individual has thoughts, but its only when a group of individuals have thoughts when they can create a society.
6.) The term "self-made man/woman" is an illusion because we are all influenced by other people or things. We are not self-made, we are made from what surrounds us and what we are influenced by.
Chapter 6: Questions for Discussion and Further Research
1.) Restricted and elaborated codes affect people's lives because they help children interpret the world. However their parents speak, either in elaborated or restricted codes, that is most likely how the child will end up speaking.
2.) Elaborated code is kind of connected to the way upper-class English people speak because it is more complex grammar and it is just a more proper way of speaking. Restricted code is related to the way middle-class English people speak because it is simple grammar and it is just the normal laid back way that people speak.
3.) In the book, Bernstein talks about how if you learn a code with a low level of conceptualization then you will most likely have a more "simplistic perspective on things". I would say that I agree with this, and that could be a positive or negative thing. If you learn a code with a high level of conceptualization then maybe you will think more deeply about things. All of this could be looked at in a positive or negative way.
4.) Language codes shape future behavior because when children are young, they are taught either elaborated code or restricted code and they interpret everything they take in through whatever code they are learning. Whatever the child's parents use to speak with, the child will most likely do the same.
5.) I think the coding notion does help explain the "culture of poverty" a little bit. It may be hard to understand what they're going through or what they're trying to explain to you because of the codes but at the same time, I believe that someone will an elaborated code should be able to figure out any other code lower than the one they're using.
6.) I believe that my mom spoke in an elaborated code but my dad spoke in a restricted code. When I was younger and my mom would be talking about something, I would always have to ask her what certain words meant and give examples of those words. When my dad would be talking, I could usually understand what he was talking about without having to ask him a ton of questions.
7.) I don't believe that the mass media has affected the codes people learn because we catch on to the codes from our parents at such a young age that I think at that point, we aren't really affected by the mass media.
2.) Elaborated code is kind of connected to the way upper-class English people speak because it is more complex grammar and it is just a more proper way of speaking. Restricted code is related to the way middle-class English people speak because it is simple grammar and it is just the normal laid back way that people speak.
3.) In the book, Bernstein talks about how if you learn a code with a low level of conceptualization then you will most likely have a more "simplistic perspective on things". I would say that I agree with this, and that could be a positive or negative thing. If you learn a code with a high level of conceptualization then maybe you will think more deeply about things. All of this could be looked at in a positive or negative way.
4.) Language codes shape future behavior because when children are young, they are taught either elaborated code or restricted code and they interpret everything they take in through whatever code they are learning. Whatever the child's parents use to speak with, the child will most likely do the same.
5.) I think the coding notion does help explain the "culture of poverty" a little bit. It may be hard to understand what they're going through or what they're trying to explain to you because of the codes but at the same time, I believe that someone will an elaborated code should be able to figure out any other code lower than the one they're using.
6.) I believe that my mom spoke in an elaborated code but my dad spoke in a restricted code. When I was younger and my mom would be talking about something, I would always have to ask her what certain words meant and give examples of those words. When my dad would be talking, I could usually understand what he was talking about without having to ask him a ton of questions.
7.) I don't believe that the mass media has affected the codes people learn because we catch on to the codes from our parents at such a young age that I think at that point, we aren't really affected by the mass media.
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