英文毕业论文设计（language and thought）

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1、Thethesiskunmingsailinguniversity昆明扬帆职业技术学院毕业生论文（设计）论文题目：LanguageandThought学生：xxxx系部：经外系专业：商务英语年级：大三年级指导教师：师淑芬教师职称：助教研究方向：英文语言和思想2008年7月7ThethesiskunmingsailinguniversityContents1.AspectsofLanguageandThought…………………………..2.RelativityandDeterminism………………………..3.InvestigatingLanguageandThought……………………

2、...4.SuggestedReadings5.Acknowledgement……………………………………………..7ThethesiskunmingsailinguniversityAbstractThisthesismainlydiscussestherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthought,manyscholarsallbelievethatlanguageandthoughtinteractinmanysignificantways.Therearetwodifferentviewsontheissue,oneistheviewoflanguag

3、erelativitywhicharguespeoplehavetopayattentiontothemeaningsthataregrammaticallymarkedinthatlanguageinordertospeakanylanguage,theotheristheviewoflanguagedeterminismwhicharguesthedifferencesbetweenlanguagesinfluencethewayspeoplethink--perhapsthewaysinwhichwholeculturesareorganized.Aboveisthesummary

4、ofthispaper.KeyWords:LanguageThougheRealtatitydeterminism7ThethesiskunmingsailinguniversityLanguageandThoughtByDanSlobinoftheUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyNoonewoulddisagreewiththeclaimthatlanguageandthoughtinteractinmanysignificantways.Thereisgreatdisagreement,however,aboutthepropositionthateac

5、hspecificlanguagehasitsowninfluenceonthethoughtandactionofitsspeakers.Ontheonehand,anyonewhohaslearnedmorethanonelanguageisstruckbythemanywaysinwhichlanguagesdifferfromoneanother.Butontheotherhand,weexpecthumanbeingseverywheretohavesimilarwaysofexperiencingtheworld.Comparisonsofdifferentlanguages

6、canleadonetopayattentionto'universals'--thewaysinwhichalllanguagesaresimilar,andto'particulars'--thewaysinwhicheachindividuallanguage,ortypeoflanguage,isspecial,evenunique.Linguistsandothersocialscientistsinterestedinuniversalshaveformulatedtheoriestodescribeandexplainhumanlanguageandhumanlanguag

7、ebehavioringeneraltermsasspecies-specificcapacitiesofhumanbeings.However,theideathatdifferentlanguagesmayinfluencethinkingindifferentwayshasbeenpresentinmanyculturesandhasgivenrisetomanyphilosophicaltreatises.Becauseit