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Thinking and Language Chapter 9, Lecture 3

Thinking and Language Chapter 9, Lecture 3. “To expand language is to expand the ability to think.” - David Myers. Thinking & Language. Language and thinking intricately intertwine. Rubber Ball/ Almay. Language Influences Thinking.

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Thinking and Language Chapter 9, Lecture 3

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  1. Thinking and LanguageChapter 9, Lecture 3 “To expand language is to expand the ability to think.” - David Myers

  2. Thinking & Language Language and thinking intricately intertwine. Rubber Ball/ Almay

  3. Language Influences Thinking Linguistic Determinism:Whorf (1956) suggested that language determines the way we think. For example, he noted that the Hopi people do not have the past tense for verbs. Therefore, the Hopi cannot think readily about the past.

  4. Language Influences Thinking When a language provides words for objects or events, we can think about these objects more clearly and remember them. It is easier to think about two colors with two different names (A) than colors with the same name (B) (Özgen, 2004).

  5. Word Power Increasing word power pays its dividends. It helps explain the bilingual advantage of bilingual children to inhibit one language while using another.

  6. Thinking in Images To a large extent thinking is language-based. When alone, we may talk to ourselves. However, we also think in images. We don’t think in words, when: 1. When we open the hot water tap. 2. When we are riding our bicycle.

  7. Images and Brain Imagining a physical activity activates the same brain regions as when actually performing the activity. Jean Duffy Decety, September 2003

  8. Language and Thinking Traffic runs both ways between language and thinking.

  9. Homework Read p.395-401 “Many bilinguals report that they have different senses of self, depending on which language they are using. They may even reveal different personality profiles when taking the same test in their two languages.” - David Myers

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