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- 语言学
- 語言學
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- Culture
- 非虚构类
- 哲学
- theory
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- 语言骗局
- 语言本质
- 认知科学
- 思维结构
- 语言哲学
- 文化建构
- 人类交流
- 语义迷思
- 语言虚构
- 表达机制
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Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does language control and limit the way we think? This short, opinionated book addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter argues that while this idea is mesmerizing, it is plainly wrong. It is language that reflects culture and worldview, not the other way around. The fact that a language has only one word for eat, drink, and smoke doesn't mean its speakers don't process the difference between food and beverage, and those who use the same word for blue and green perceive those two colors just as vividly as others do. McWhorter shows not only how the idea of language as a lens fails but also why we want so badly to believe it: we're eager to celebrate diversity by acknowledging the intelligence of peoples who may not think like we do. Though well-intentioned, our belief in this idea poses an obstacle to a better understanding of human nature and even trivializes the people we seek to celebrate. The reality - that all humans think alike - provides another, better way for us to acknowledge the intelligence of all peoples.
作者简介
John McWhorter is Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University and author of many books, including The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English, and What Language Is, What It Isn't, and What It Could Be. He also writes on language, as well as race and cultural issues, as Contributing Editor at The New Republic and Columnist at Time. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Time, and The New Yorker, and he has appeared often on National Public Radio, CSPAN and MSNBC.
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成功批评了popular Whorfianism，对语言-文化-思维-人性四者的关系有不少漂亮的阐述，比如language structure does not correlate meaningfully with culture; languages got the way they are by chance; there is wonder in how differently languages express the same basic cognitive process called humanity; our differences (in language) are variations on being the same. 缺点是不如G. Deutscher会讲故事。
评分成功批评了popular Whorfianism，对语言-文化-思维-人性四者的关系有不少漂亮的阐述，比如language structure does not correlate meaningfully with culture; languages got the way they are by chance; there is wonder in how differently languages express the same basic cognitive process called humanity; our differences (in language) are variations on being the same. 缺点是不如G. Deutscher会讲故事。
评分成功批评了popular Whorfianism，对语言-文化-思维-人性四者的关系有不少漂亮的阐述，比如language structure does not correlate meaningfully with culture; languages got the way they are by chance; there is wonder in how differently languages express the same basic cognitive process called humanity; our differences (in language) are variations on being the same. 缺点是不如G. Deutscher会讲故事。
评分成功批评了popular Whorfianism，对语言-文化-思维-人性四者的关系有不少漂亮的阐述，比如language structure does not correlate meaningfully with culture; languages got the way they are by chance; there is wonder in how differently languages express the same basic cognitive process called humanity; our differences (in language) are variations on being the same. 缺点是不如G. Deutscher会讲故事。
评分成功批评了popular Whorfianism，对语言-文化-思维-人性四者的关系有不少漂亮的阐述，比如language structure does not correlate meaningfully with culture; languages got the way they are by chance; there is wonder in how differently languages express the same basic cognitive process called humanity; our differences (in language) are variations on being the same. 缺点是不如G. Deutscher会讲故事。
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