语言学 (2).ppt

1、The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,language,culture,Language,thought,linguistic relativity,The structure of the language people habitually use influence the ways they think and behave To put it simple ,different languages offer people different ways of expressing the world around, they think and speak diffe

2、rently,The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,Sapir and Whorf believe that language filters people s perception and the way they categorize their experience This interdependence of language and thought is called SWH,Two versions of SWH,The strong version , also called linguistic determinism语言决定论: The language p

3、atterns determine peoples thinking and behavior. It emphasizes the decisive role of language as the shaper of our thinking patterns, The weak version , also called linguistic relativity语言相对论: a modified type of the original hypothesis language patterns influence peoples thinking and behavior,New lig

4、ht on our understanding of the hypothesis: people tend to sort out and distinguish experiences differently according to the semantic categories provided by their different codes in their culture,Important things,Specific names,Less important things,General names,Two important insights,There is nowadays recognition that language, as code, reflects cultural preoccupations and constraints the way people think, More than in Whorfs days, however, we recognize how impo