ABSTRACT
The culture concept was introduced into the literature of social science by the cultural anthropologist who had worked almost exclusively with small, pre-literate societies where all individuals were socialized in a common cultural heritage. Language is always a basic clue to group differences in culture and tradition. Our American language testifies to our historic cultural ties to Great Britain, as well as our more ancient roots in the Greek and Roman civilizations. Most Americans vent their snobbery by branding uncouth manners and speech patterns in others as "lower class"; within the upper class the derogatory epithet "middle class" is used to dismiss so-called inferiors. A "Social Class" is the largest group of people whose members have intimate access to one another. A class is composed of families and social cliques. The interrelationships between these families and cliques, in such informal activities as dancing, visiting, receptions, teas, and larger informal affairs constitute the function of the social class.
