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1、LanguageandThoughtContents1.AspectsofLanguageandThought…………………………..2.RelativityandDeterminism………………………..3.InvestigatingLanguageandThought……………………...4.SuggestedReadings5.Acknowledgement……………………………………………..7AbstractThisthesismainlydiscussestherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthoug
2、ht,manyscholarsallbelievethatlanguageandthoughtinteractinmanysignificantways.Therearetwodifferentviewsontheissue,oneistheviewoflanguagerelativitywhicharguespeoplehavetopayattentiontothemeaningsthataregrammaticallymarkedinthatlanguageinordertospeakanylanguage,theotheristhevie
3、woflanguagedeterminismwhicharguesthedifferencesbetweenlanguagesinfluencethewayspeoplethink--perhapsthewaysinwhichwholeculturesareorganized.Aboveisthesummaryofthispaper.KeyWords:LanguageThougheRealtatitydeterminismLanguageandThoughtByDanSlobinoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berke
4、leyNoonewoulddisagreewiththeclaimthatlanguageandthoughtinteractinmanysignificantways.Thereisgreatdisagreement,however,aboutthepropositionthateachspecificlanguagehasitsowninfluenceonthethoughtandactionofitsspeakers.Ontheonehand,anyonewhohaslearnedmorethanonelanguageisstruckby
5、themanywaysinwhichlanguagesdifferfromoneanother.Butontheotherhand,weexpecthumanbeingseverywheretohavesimilarwaysofexperiencingtheworld.Comparisonsofdifferentlanguagescanleadonetopayattentionto'universals'--thewaysinwhichalllanguagesaresimilar,andto'particulars'--thewaysinwhi
6、cheachindividuallanguage,ortypeoflanguage,isspecial,evenunique.Linguistsandothersocialscientistsinterestedinuniversalshaveformulatedtheoriestodescribeandexplainhumanlanguageandhumanlanguagebehavioringeneraltermsasspecies-specificcapacitiesofhumanbeings.However,theideathatdif
7、ferentlanguagesmayinfluencethinkingindifferentwayshasbeenpresentinmanyculturesandhasgivenrisetomanyphilosophicaltreatises.Becauseitissodifficulttopindowneffectsofaparticularlanguageonaparticularthoughtpattern,thisissueremainsunresolved.Itcomesinandoutoffashionandoftenevokesc
8、onsiderableenergyineffortstosupportorrefuteit.7RelativityandDeterminismTher
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