What is culture?

• Wardaugh (1998/2002): cf. High culture
  "Whatever a person must know in order to function in a particular society."
  
  
• Tyler (1871:1):
  ". . . the complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by a member of a society."
  
  
• Brooks (1975) quoted in Sohn (p. 2)":
  "Olympian culture or culture MLA (music, literature, art) vs. hearthstone culture or culture BBV (Beliefs, Behaviors, Values)" "aspects of daily living"
  
  
• Seelye (1994), quoted in Sohn (p. 2):
  ". . . all aspects of life."
  
  
• National Standard (1996:43-6), quoted by Sohn p. 3):PPP
  Perspectoves (=world view): values, norms, beliefs, assumptions, cultural meanings, held by the society
  
  Practices: patterns of social interactions (rites of passage, the use of forms of discourse, the social pecking order, use of space
  
  Products: tangible and intangible cultural items