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Linguistic Relativity

Linguistic Relativity. Elizabeth Zamudio English Language II U.T.N F.R.V.M 2010. Whorf’s Linguistic Relativity Principle Boroditsky ’ hypothesis Strands of research Detractors ’ point of view Conlusion. Benjamin L. Whorf’s Principle :.

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Linguistic Relativity

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  1. LinguisticRelativity Elizabeth Zamudio EnglishLanguage II U.T.N F.R.V.M 2010

  2. Whorf’sLinguisticRelativityPrinciple Boroditsky’ hypothesis Strands of research Detractors’ point of view Conlusion

  3. Benjamin L. Whorf’sPrinciple: Differences in thewaylanguagesencode cultural and cognitivecategoriesaffectthewaypeoplethink.

  4. Lera’sHypothesis: Thelanguageswespeakshapethewayweseetheworld, and thewaywethink.

  5. The “StructureCentered” Approach: Differences in grammaticalsystems and language uses.

  6. Manylanguageshave a grammaticalgendersystem. Nouns are assigned a gender.

  7. The “DomainCentered” Approach: Semanticdomainscomparedacrosslinguistics and cultural groups

  8. Research in thedomain of space:

  9. The “BehaviourCentered” Approach: It observes differentbehavioursbetweenlinguisticgroups.

  10. Languagesdiffer and theirspeakersalsodiffer in howtheyperceive and act in similar situations.

  11. Detractors’ point of view In spite of the fact that languages express ideas in different ways, meanings and thoughts of the speakers are equivalent.

  12. Whenyou are learning a new language, you are notsimplylearning a new way of talking, you are alsolearning a new way of thinking.

  13. Works Consulted & Cited “www.Wikipedia.org.” Linguistic Relativity. Web. 20 Nov. 2010 <http://wikipedia.org>. Boroditsky, Lera. “How Does our Language shape the way we think?” Max, Brockman. What's Next? Dispatches on the Future of science. Vintage Books original, 2009.

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