Choose ONE of the following to write a short essay of 400-500 words.
- List some stereotypes about how different people speak. Are those real differences, or just stereotypes? Are
stereotypes positive or negative? Why do you think those stereotypes exist? What is vocal fry? How might this
new term fit into a stereotype?
- Give examples of your own exchanges of different degrees of reciprocity? Why are anthropologists interested
in studying exchange across cultures?