Post on 21-Jan-2016
35 years of Cognitive LinguisticsSession 11: Language and thought
Martin Hilpert
your questions
Does your language influence the way you think?
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• Kultur:– Gesamtheit der geistigen und künstlerischen
Errungenschaften einer Gesellschaft ‘The sum total of the intellectual and artistic achievements of a society’
• Culture:– cultivation, the state of being cultivated, refinement, the
result of cultivation, a type of civilisation
• Culture:– Ensemble des moyens mis en œuvre par l’homme pour
augmenter ses connaissances, développer et améliorer les facultés de son esprit, notamment je jugement et le goût
J. G. Herder
B. Russell
B. L. Whorf
not B. L. Whorf
D. Slobin
B. L. Whorf
E. Sapir
F. Boas
1. If there are structural differences between two languages, then there are also differences in the habits of thought that their respective speakers have.
2. Through the acquisition of one’s native language one also acquires a world view which is not easily changed in later life.
1. If there are structural differences between two languages, then there are also differences in the habits of thought that their respective speakers have.
2. Through the acquisition of one’s native language one also acquires a world view which is not easily changed in later life.
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P. Kay
• Stage I: Dark-cool and light-warm (this covers a larger set of colors than English "black" and "white".)
• Stage II: Red• Stage III: Either green or yellow• Stage IV: Both green and yellow• Stage V: Blue• Stage VI: Brown• Stage VII: Purple, pink, orange, or grey
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sometimes (40%)
always (100%)
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English: 0.2 0.5
Tarahumara: 0.2 0.3
English: 0.3 0.4
Tarahumara: 0.3 0.2
English: 0.3 0.4
English Exp 2: 0.3 0.2Tarahumara: 0.3 0.2
S.Pinkernot S.Pinker
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R. Jakobson
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J. Lucy’s office
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S.C. Levinson and participants
See you next week
See you next time!
martin.hilpert@unine.ch