Through the Window of Language: Assessing the Influence of Language Diversity on Thought

Through the Window of Language: Assessing the Influence of Language Diversity on Thought

Historically, researchers divided over whether the diverse representations of reality across languages were natural or conventional, but all tacitly assumed an optimal fit between language and reality. Twentieth century anthropological linguists interested in linguistic relativity have questioned t...

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Main Author: John A. LUCY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2010-01-01
Series:THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Subjects:
language and thought, Sapir-Whorf, linguistic relativity, language development, number marking.
Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/564
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spelling doaj-061c58d1e9a94bf1b76f23b548086a4d2020-11-24T21:32:07ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2010-01-0120329930910.1387/theoria.564561Through the Window of Language: Assessing the Influence of Language Diversity on ThoughtJohn A. LUCYHistorically, researchers divided over whether the diverse representations of reality across languages were natural or conventional, but all tacitly assumed an optimal fit between language and reality. Twentieth century anthropological linguists interested in linguistic relativity have questioned this assumption and sought to characterize "reality" without it by using domain- or structure-centered approaches.http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/564language and thought, Sapir-Whorf, linguistic relativity, language development, number marking.
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THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
language and thought, Sapir-Whorf, linguistic relativity, language development, number marking.
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title_short Through the Window of Language: Assessing the Influence of Language Diversity on Thought
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title_fullStr Through the Window of Language: Assessing the Influence of Language Diversity on Thought
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publisher University of the Basque Country
series THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
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2171-679X
publishDate 2010-01-01
description Historically, researchers divided over whether the diverse representations of reality across languages were natural or conventional, but all tacitly assumed an optimal fit between language and reality. Twentieth century anthropological linguists interested in linguistic relativity have questioned this assumption and sought to characterize "reality" without it by using domain- or structure-centered approaches.
topic language and thought, Sapir-Whorf, linguistic relativity, language development, number marking.
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