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An 8 page paper which discusses the role of language, symbols, and
religion in shaping cultural influences. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that varies little, if at all. However, the truth is that culture is something that is incredibly flexible, altering in the face of new forms of thought and new ideas.
For example, the culture of native peoples who were at the mercy of European expansion slowly altered their culture to better assimilate into their new world. Religion, language, symbols, and
many other components of culture are often items which are incorporated or altered in any given culture. Bearing these realities, and the possibilities, in mind we present the following paper
which examines how language, symbols, and religion influence cultures and cultural change. Culture It is generally agreed upon that culture "involves at least three components: what people think,
what they do, and the material products they produce. Thus, mental processes, beliefs, knowledge, and values are parts of culture" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). There are incredible variances outside of these
generally presumed qualities, however. For example, there are some anthropologists who would argue that culture is defined entirely through mental rules which guide "behavior, although often wide divergence exists between
the acknowledged rules for correct behavior and what people actually do. Consequently, some researchers pay most attention to human behavior and its material products" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). In addition, it
is often noted that "Culture also has several properties: it is shared, learned, symbolic, transmitted cross-generationally, adaptive, and integrated" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). Culture is primarily something that is shared
and learned. It is not "biologically inherited, and involves arbitrarily assigned, symbolic meanings. For example, Americans are not born knowing that the color white means purity, and indeed this is
not a universal cultural symbol" (Bodley, 2002; bodley-text.html). In light of these facts we can see how such elements as language, symbols, and religion would play a very large role
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