Anthropology 2245F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kuuk Thaayorre Language, Lera Boroditsky, Linguistic Relativity
23 Oct 2016
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Articulate how language and thought influence each other. Provide examples of conceptual differences related to linguistic differences. Define metaphor and show how the study of metaphors is connected to linguistic relativity. Video how language shapes thought: lera boroditsky use for video reaction. Whorf (1939) language shapes habitual thought. Levinson (2003) experiments on semantic distinctions and cognitive differences. Lakoof & johnson (1980) metaphors and thought. All discussion of this question starts with observation. Papa new guinea five past tenses. Where people have looked at differences speakers of different languages must see the. In russian mark tense and include gender on the verb of the reader. In russian you change the verb whether the event was completed or not world differently. People have argued just because people talk differently doesn"t meant they think differently. Linguistic expressions are always very sparse we say very little of what we know. Do people who speak different language think differently.
