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Language and Thought

Afra Alishahi February 15, 2006. Language and Thought. Overview. Does language affect our perception of the world?. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. Principle of linguistic relativity Those who speak different languages think differently Principle of linguistic determinism

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Language and Thought

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  1. Afra Alishahi February 15, 2006 Language and Thought

  2. Overview Does language affect our perception of the world?

  3. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis • Principle of linguistic relativity • Those who speak different languages think differently • Principle of linguistic determinism • Language and thought are identical

  4. Suggested Evidence • Experiments on colour recognition • Claim: people group colours differently based on the language they speak • Falsification: people perceive the colours similarly • Dani and English speakers do similarly in colour recognition • Snow vocabulary in Eskimo • Claim: Eskimo has a very large snow vocabulary • Falsification: number of words for snow is comparable to English

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