Rethinking Linguistic Relativity

This book reexamines ideas about linguistic relativity in the light of new evidence and changes in theoretical climate. Linguistic relativity is the claim that culture, through language, affects the way in which we think, and especially our classification of the experienced world. This book reexamines ideas about linguistic relativity in the light of new evidence and changes in theoretical climate. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: linguistic relativity re-examined John J. Gumperz and Stephen C. Levinson; Part I. Linguistic determinism: the interface between language and thought: 2. Empirical research and linguistic relativity John A.Lucy; 3. From 'thought and language' to 'thinking for speaking' Dan I. Slobin; 4. Intra-speaker relativity Paul Kay; 5. Imaging in iron, or thought is not inner speech Charles M. Keller and Janet Dixon Keller; Part II. Universals and variation in language and culture: 6. The origin of children's spatial semantic categories: cognitive versus linguistic determinants Melissa Bowerman; 6. Relativity in spatial conception and description Stephen C. Levinson; 9. Cognitive limits to conceptual relativity: the limiting-case of religious ontologies Pascal Boyer; Part III. Interpretation in cultural context: 8. Language form and communicative practices William F. Hanks; 10. Projections, transpositions, and relativity John B. Haviland; 11. Communities, commonalities, and communication Herbert H. Clark; Part IV. The social matrix: culture, praxis, and discourse: 12. The linguistic and cultural relativity of conversational inference John J. Gumperz; 13. Linguistic resources for socializing humanity Elinor Ochs; 14. When animals become 'rounded' and 'feminine': conceptual categories and linguistic classification in a multilingual setting Elsa Gomez-Imbert; Index....

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• Authors: John J. Gumperz
• Assisted by: John J. Gumperz (Editor), John J. (University of California Gumperz (Editor), John Joseph Gumperz (Editor), Stephen C. Levinson (Editor), Stephen C. (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik Levinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1996
• EAN: 9780521448901
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44890-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language; Studies in the Social & Cultur
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works