PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hopi Language, Dani People, Linguistic Relativity
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Psy102: introduction to psychology (8) language and thought. The weak" version of the linguistic relativity hypothesis: The language that you speak influences how you think. The strong" version of the linguistic relativity hypothesis . The language that you speak determines how you think. Stm: the words that are used to describe. A version of strong lr is described in the novel 1984 . In a totalitarian regime, language is changed to make talking about revolution impossible. The idea is, if the population cannot talk about revolution, they cannot think about revolution. The hopi language has no past tense form of verbs. English ( i walk to school vs. i walk-ed to school ) Hopi ( i walk to school vs. i walk to school yesterday / a while ago / a long time ago ) The dani people have just two words for describing colours mola for bright, warm tones and mili for darker, colder hues.
