Language Diversity And Thought
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Language Diversity And Thought
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Author : John A. Lucy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-07-02
Language Diversity And Thought written by John A. Lucy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An examination of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis on the relationship between grammar and thought.
Linguistic Relativities
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Author : John Leavitt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-12-23
Linguistic Relativities written by John Leavitt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
There are more than six thousand human languages, each one unique. For the last five hundred years, people have argued about how important language differences are. This book traces that history and shows how language differences have generally been treated either as of no importance or as all-important, depending on broader approaches taken to human life and knowledge. It was only in the twentieth century, in the work of Franz Boas and his students, that an attempt was made to engage seriously with the reality of language specificities. Since the 1950s, this work has been largely presented as yet another claim that language differences are all-important by cognitive scientists and philosophers who believe that such differences are of no importance. This book seeks to correct this misrepresentation and point to the new directions taken by the Boasians, directions now being recovered in the most recent work in psychology and linguistics.
Language Diversity And Thought
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Author : John Arthur Lucy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Language Diversity And Thought written by John Arthur Lucy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Grammatical Categories And Cognition
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Author : John A. Lucy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-04-04
Grammatical Categories And Cognition written by John A. Lucy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
John Lucy uses original, empirical data to examine the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language that we speak affects the way we think about reality. The author compares the grammar of American English with that of the Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in Southeastern Mexico, focusing on differences in the number marking patterns of the two languages. He then identifies distinctive patterns of thought relating to these differences by means of a systematic assessment of memory and classification preferences among speakers of both languages.
Space In Language And Cognition
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Author : Stephen C. Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-03-20
Space In Language And Cognition written by Stephen C. Levinson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This 2003 book shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions. After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use all types, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language. The book reports on collaborative, interdisciplinary research, involving anthropologists, linguists and psychologists, conducted in many languages and cultures around the world, which establishes this robust correlation. The overall results suggest that thinking in the cognitive sciences underestimates the transformative power of language on thinking. The book will be of interest to linguists, psychologists, anthropologists and philosophers, and especially to students of spatial cognition.
Reflexive Language
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Author : John A. Lucy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-03-04
Reflexive Language written by John A. Lucy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
These innovative essays represent a critique of those researchers in the humanities and social sciences who fail to take language seriously.
Language And Linguistic Diversity In The Us
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Author : Susan Tamasi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-02
Language And Linguistic Diversity In The Us written by Susan Tamasi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This highly engaging textbook presents a linguistic view of the history, society, and culture of the United States. It discusses the many languages and forms of language that have been used in the US – including standard and nonstandard forms of English, creoles, Native American languages, and immigrant languages from across the globe – and shows how this distribution and diversity of languages has helped shape and define America as well as an American identity. The volume introduces the basic concepts of sociolinguistics and the politics of language through cohesive, up-to-date and accessible coverage of such key topics as dialectal development and the role of English as the majority language, controversies concerning language use in society, languages other than English used in the US, and the policies that have directly or indirectly influenced language use. These topics are presented in such a way that students can examine the inherent diversity of the communicative systems used in the United States as both a form of cultural enrichment and as the basis for socio-political conflict. The author team outlines the different viewpoints on contemporary issues surrounding language in the US and contextualizes these issues within linguistic facts, to help students think critically and formulate logical discussions. To provide opportunities for further examination and debate, chapters are organized around key misconceptions or questions ("I don't have an accent" or "Immigrants don't want to learn English"), bringing them to the forefront for readers to address directly. Language and Linguistic Diversity in the US is a fresh and unique take on a widely taught topic. It is ideal for students from a variety of disciplines or with no prior knowledge of the field, and a useful text for introductory courses on language in the US, American English, language variation, language ideology, and sociolinguistics.
On Language
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Author : Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988-07-28
On Language written by Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-07-28 with Philosophy categories.
This is an entirely new translation of one of the fundamental works in the development of the study of language. Published in 1836, it formed the general introduction to Wilhelm von Humboldt's three-volume treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the final statement of his lifelong study of the nature of language, and presents a survey of a great many languages, exploring ways in which their various grammatical structures make them more or less suitable as vehicles of thought and cultural development. Empirically wide-ranging - von Humboldt goes far beyond the Indo-European family of languages - it remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics.
Language Diversity In The Pacific
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Author : Denis Cunningham
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Language Diversity In The Pacific written by Denis Cunningham and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.