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The language hoax: why the world looks the same in any language

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Main Author:	McWhorter, John H. 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
Subjects:	Language and culture Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Denken Sprache Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext
Physical Description:	XX, 182 S. graph. Darst.
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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