Naslov
How Language Influences Conceptualization: From Whorfianism to Neo-Whorfianism

Autori
Štrkalj Despot, Kristina

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (1848-9486) 45 (2021), 4; 373-380

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Whorfianism, Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, linguistic relativism, neo-Whorfianism, linguistic determinism, language and thought, language and culture

Sažetak
Do speakers of different languages think alike because of the universality of the experience of being human or do we all think differently because of differences in our languages? The answer to these questions has changed throughout the history of linguistic thought, ranging from observing languages merely as tools for expressing our thoughts to strongly believing that languages shape and even constrain our thoughts. This paper presents an overview of two most important theories that deal with these questions: the “rise and fall” of linguistic determinism (Whorfianism), and the development of its more cautious version – linguistic relativism (Neo-Whorfianism) – advocated today primarily within the framework of cognitive views of language, as well as their criticisms, most commonly within the framework of generative views of language.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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