The language hoax: why the world looks the same in any language
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2014
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ISBN: | 9780199361588 |
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adam_text | Titel: The language hoax
Autor: McWhorter, John H
Jahr: 2014
CONTENT S
Introduction ix
CHAPTER i
Studies Have Shown 3
CHAPTER 2
Having It Both Ways? 30
CHAPTER 3
An Interregnum: On Culture 59
CHAPTER 4
Dissing the Chinese 73
CHAPTER 5
What s the Worldview from English? 104
CHAPTER 6
Respect for Humanity 136
Notes 169
Index 175
Japanese has a term that covers both green
and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark
and light blue. Does this mean that Russians
perceive these colors differently from Japanese
people? Does language control and limit the
way we think, such that each language gives
its speakers a different worldview?
This opinionated book addresses the
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that
the language we speak shapes the way we
perceive the world. Linguist John McWhorter
argues that while this idea is mesmerizing,
it is plainly wrong. Cultural differences are
quite real. However, the way languages
grammars work, and the random ways that
their vocabularies happen to describe the
world
—
whether time is expressed with vertical
expressions instead of horizontal ones,
whether a language happens to have a word
for stick out or iv/pe
—
do not correspond to its
speakers* experience of living. The fact that
a language has only one word for eat, drink,
and smoke
—
as many do
—
doesn t mean Its
speakers don t process the difference between
food and beverage as vividly as other people,
and those who use the same word for blue and
green perceive those two colors just as vividly
as others do.
McWhorter shows not only how the idea of
language as a fens fails but also why we want
so badly to believe it: we re eager to celebrate
diversity by acknowledging the intelligence of
eoples who may not think like we do. Though
well-intentioned, our belief in this idea poses
an obstacle to a better understanding of human
nature and even trivializes the people we seek
to celebrate. The reality—that all humans think
alike—provides another, better way for us to
acknowledge the intelligence of all peoples. |
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