The Linguistic Shaping of Thought : A Study in the Impact of Language on Thinking in China and the West
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0898590892
ISBN-13
9780898590890
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 1981
Print length
120 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 16.00 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Psycholinguistics
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First published in 1981. Using his fourteen years of interaction with the Chinese language and its speakers the author has noted certain important differences between the Chinese mode of speaking and thinking and that of speakers of English. This study looks at the impact of these differences looking at how they increase the sensitivity to what Chinese speakers mean; how they heighten awareness of the biases implicit in the way English speakers speak and think; and how they challenge the assumption, currently lurking within the field of psychology, that languages have little impact on the shaping of cognitive life.
First published in 1981. Using his fourteen years of interaction with the Chinese language and its speakers the author has noted certain important differences between the Chinese mode of speaking and thinking and that of speakers of English. This study looks at the impact of these differences looking at how they increase the sensitivity to what Chinese speakers mean; how they heighten awareness of the biases implicit in the way English speakers speak and think; and how they challenge the assumption, currently lurking within the field of psychology, that languages have little impact on the shaping of cognitive life.
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