Grammatical Categories & Cognition: A Case Study of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis - Brossura

Lucy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521566207 ISBN 13: 9780521566209

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Grammatical Categories and Cognition uses original, empirical data to examine the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language we speak affects the way we think about reality. The author compares the grammar of American English with that of Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in south-eastern Mexico, focusing on differences in the number marking patterns of the two languages. He then identifies distinctive patterns of thought relating to these differences by means of a systematic assessment of memory and classification preferences among speakers of both languages. The study illustrates the distinct approach to empirical research on the linguistic relativity hypothesis which Lucy develops in a companion volume Language Diversity and Thought.

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Recensione

'... the importance of [Lucy's] work lies primarily ... in his re-opening discussion and inquiry on the linguistic relativity hypothesis. Although others in the past few decades have also called attention to the linguistic relatively hypothesis, for various reasons attention to it has been of marginal concern ... Lucy's work will surely open the conversation. Its reopening is long overdue.' Times Higher Education Supplement

Contenuti

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Background of the comparative research in Yucatan, Mexico; 2. Comparison of grammatical categories: nominal number in English and Yucatec; 3. Cognitive assessment; 4. Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521566207
• ISBN 13: 9780521566209
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 228