The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.ppt

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1、TheSapir-WhorfHypothesisSapirWhorf1.ThecontentoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesis2.ArgumentsagainsttheSapir-WhorfHypothesis3.TheultimatevalueoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesis4.Summary1.ThecontentoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesisTherearetwoversionsoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesis:astrongversionandaweakversion.claimthe

2、originalhypothesissuggests,emphasizingthedecisiveroleoflanguageastheshaperofourthinkingpatterns.thereisacorrelationbetweenlanguage,cultureandthought,butthecross-culturaldifferencesthusproducedinourwaysofthinkingarerelative,ratherthancategorical.ThestrongversionTheweakversion强式：也称语言决定论(Linguisti

3、cdeterminism)，即语言决定思维弱式：也叫语言相对论(Linguisticrelativity)，即思维相对于语言不同的人，思维也不同2.ArgumentsagainsttheSapir-WhorfHypothesisArgumentinsuccessfultranslationAccordingtothestrongversionofSapir-WhorfHypothesis,thereisnorealtranslationanditisimpossibletolearnthelanguageofadifferentcultureunlessthelearneraband

4、onshisownmodeofthinkingandacquirethatofthetargetlanguage.Actually,successfultranslationcanbemadebetweenlanguages.Forexample,theconceptualuniquenessofalanguagesuchasHopicannonethelessbeexplainedinEnglish.ArgumentinsecondlanguageacquisitionAccordingtothehypothesis,languageshavedifferentconceptual

5、systems,ifitistrue,thensomeonewhospeaksonelanguagewillbeunabletorightconceptualsystem.However,sincepeoplecanlearnradicallydifferentlanguages,thoselanguagescouldn'thavedifferentconceptualsystem.3.TheultimatevalueoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesisItoffershintstoculturaldifferencesandsimilaritiesamongpeop

6、le.4.SummaryAlthoughpartofthecontroversysurroundtheSapir-WhorfHypothesis,thehypothesisisimportanttolinguisticsbecauseitacknowledgestherelationshipbetweenthoughtandlanguage,whichmaypartiallygivestabilitytothecognitiveclaimthatlanguageusereflectsconceptualizationandthatdifferentconceptualizations

7、arereflectedindifferentlinguisticorganizations.Thankyou