The_Sapir-Whorf_Hypothesis.ppt

TheSapir WhorfHypothesis ThecontentoftheHypothesisTheearlythoughtsaboutthelanguageThefoundofSapir WhorfHypothesis Sapir Whorf LanguageandCulture Itisaveryinfluentialbutcontroversialtheoryconcerningtherelationshipbetweenlanguage thoughtandculture ourlanguagehelpsmouldourwayofthinkingand consequently differentlanguagesmayprobablyexpressouruniquewaysofunderstandingtheworld languagemaydetermineourthinkingpatterns similaritybetweenlanguagesisrelative thegreatertheirstructuraldifferentiationis themorediversetheirconceptualizationoftheworldwillbe TherearetwoversionsoftheSapir WhorfHypothesis astrongversionandaweakversion claimtheoriginalhypothesissuggests emphasizingthedecisiveroleoflanguageastheshaperofourthinkingpatterns Thestrongversion thereisacorrelationbetweenlanguage cultureandthought butthecross culturaldifferencesthusproducedinourwaysofthinkingarerelative ratherthancategorical Theweakversion LinguisticLogicsofChineseandEnglishThethinkingstylesoftheEastandtheWestaredifferent EasternerstendtoneglectdiscrepancyinconsistencywhileWesternerstendtoignoreconsistencyindiscrepancy EasternerstendtoseeksamenessfromdifferencewhileWesternersarelikelytofinddifferencefromsameness Languagelimitsourthoughts SexualdiscriminationBusinessmanPolicemanWaiterActorBitchAssNightmare噩梦 母马 TranslationinChinese Culturalandgeographicdifferencescontributetothisproblem 馄饨 米粉 上海青 肚兜 Cannelloni意大利面食的一种 一般用干酪加蔬菜或肉做馅 如RICOTTA配南瓜 配菠菜 OMELETTE煎蛋卷作法是把一层煎蛋卷起来 里面包火腿 培根或是洋葱 青椒 洋菇甚至是牛排等料 KEBABS烤串 源于印度 就是把肉和青椒 洋葱之类的东西一起穿在铁签上烤 Brownie布朗尼算是蛋糕的一种 Brownie通常较薄且较结实 不像蛋糕松松的 而且一定是巧克力口味 上面还会放杏仁或花生作装饰及调味 通常很甜 Translationinotherlanguages 蚁族 啃老族 伤不起 给力 xoxo However notonlylanguageinfluenceourminds butalsowehaveimpactonlanguage Newwordsarecreatedeveryyearbypeople Languageisaguideto socialreality The realworld istoalargeextentunconsciouslybuiltuponthelanguagehabitsofthegroup Notwolanguagesareeversufficientlysimilartobeconsideredasrepresentingthesamesocialreality Somecatchwordsofchina 裸婚 nakedwedding 啃老族 theboomerangkid 富二代 richsecondgeneration 我爸是李刚 MyfatherisLigang 毕婚族 Marriageaftergraduation 蚁族 anttribe SomecatchwordsofAmerica GateRape 门奸 AmericanairportsusedthewholebodyX rayscanning throughwhichpeople snakedbodycanbeseen Andthiscausedmanylawsuits doublerainbows两道彩虹 Itisusedtodescribepeoplearetoohappytocontroltheirmood ItisfromthesecondclickratevedioofUtube Protohype流出秀 Gizmodo sfindingofthatAppleiPhone4Gmonthsbeforeit sreleasedisclearlyacaseofprotohype Gizmodo发现AppleiPhone4G在发布之前几个月就有流出 很明显是一个流出秀 languageandculture Languageiskeytothetotalculture andthatitrevealsapeople sviewofitstotalenvironment Goldenapple Whenpeopleinwestworldsaysomethingisa goldenapple wewon tunderstandwhattheymeanifwedon tknowthe goldenapple means trouble inwestworld InChina 齐天大圣 Whenlookingatthisword wewillthinkaboutthefamousmonkey Whatwillawester