Multiply or divide as indicated. See Examples 4 and 5.9.1 , 1 -1.32
3/24/2016 Reify things linguistically o Creating concepts o Making things real o New words reify things Minor effects on color words, # words… o Someone had to invent the words o Word for 6, blue, etc.… We invent labels that are transient concepts in the minds of some… then can reify a notion o It must mean something bc there’s a word for it When we make up terms and accept them, we make it real and fall into it Is there such a thing as distinct generations o Ex: term “millennial” o People are born every day o No neat division of people with age, generation and other things o Like race, it’s a continuum