萨丕尔-沃尔夫假说96912PPT课件

1、Linguistic relativity,语言相对论,Different languages offer people,different ways of expressing the,world around, and so they think,and speak differently,1,Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis,萨丕尔,沃尔夫假说,SWH,Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf,2,萨丕尔（美国语言学家）长期研,究语言学和人类文化学的有关问,题，重视语言和文化、语言和思,维的联系，提出,语言影响人类,关于现实世界概念系统的形成,这一设想，

2、经他的弟子沃尔夫发,展，形成语言相关性的学说，被,称为,萨丕尔,沃尔夫,假说，这一,假说成为人类文化语言学的基础,3,Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis,萨丕尔,沃尔夫假说,with their studies of American Indian,laguages, proclaimed that the,structure of the language people,habitually use influences the ways,they think and behave,they believe that languages filters,peoples percep

3、tion and the way,they categorize their experiences,4,strong version,and weak version,two different interpretations,the strong version believes that,language patterns determine,peoples thinking and behavior,the weak one holds that the former,influences the later,5,语言决定论,语言决定论即人的思维完全受自己的母语影响,因为人只能通过自己

4、语言中的范畴和区别特征来,认识世界。语言不仅仅指称独立于语言而获得经,验，而是实际上决定着我们的经验,如,汉语词汇的对称性特征反应在中国人的思维,中的对称性特点,在堆放并写有空汽油筒标志的仓库，人们往往,因疏于防范而引起火灾,换气扇如果被标为吹风机，其被反向安装的可,能性增加,6,语言相对论,一种语言系统里的范畴和区别特征对这一语言系,统来说是独特的，与其他语言系统不相容。形成,思想的过程并不是独立的，而是一种独特的语法,在不同程度上因语言不同而不同,论的两层含义：一,该文化中的语言才能得到充分表达,是一种文化中的内容。只有用,语言相对,是,化中的语言去讲，意思就会有所不同，至少在人,发源于某

5、一文化中的概念，如果用只一种文,另一层意思,们心目中唤起的意象不同，思维之间具有相关性,7,齐天大圣,When looking at this word, we will,think about the famoud monkey,What will the westerners think,about,8,the Great Sage Equalling Heaven,9,people trend to sort out and,distinguish experiences,differently accordingly to the,semantic categories provide

6、d,by their different codes in their,culture,10,example,snow,in Eskimo and English,For,Eskimos,Snow,is importment and so,crucial to life that each of its various,forms and conditions is named,qanik,雪花,qaniit,飘落着的雪,qanipalaat,雪花聚成的如羽毛般的雪,团,qannirsuq,飘雪的天气,qana,下落的雪,pipsirpoq,低吹雪,pokatok,粒状,11,In Engli

7、sh-speaking cultures,snow,is far,less importment and the simple word,snow usuallt suffices the need. When,some needs become more specific,however, longer phrasescan be made up,to meet these needs,corn snow,变成颗粒状的积雪,fine,powder snow,细粉雪,drifting snow,低吹,雪,12,Two Important Insights,There is nowadays a recognition,that language, as code, reflects,cultural preoccupations and,constrains the way people think,More than in