Insiders/outsiders

The Insiders To identify themselves as members of a

community

The outsider is someone who does not experience either socio-

cultural or political belonging.

Culture, as a process that both includes and excludes, always entails the exercise of power and control

Hegemonic effects of dominant cultures and the authority they have in representing and in speaking for the Other

the study of languages has always had to deal with the difficult issue of representation and representativity when talking about another culture

Several aspects of culture • Culture is the result of human in the

biological process of nature.intervention

• Culture is the product of socially and historically situated discourse communities

• A community`s language and its material achievements represent a social patrimony and a symbolic capital

• Culture are a constant site of struggle for recognition and legitimation.

The theory that language do affect the thought processes of their users has been called the theory of linguistic relativity.