COLL-C 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Steven Pinker, Linguistic Relativity, Simile
4 Mar 2017
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C104 lecture 6 notes- reviewing effects of labels; discussing drunk tank pink and metaphors. Review of labels: ex. (cid:862)up(cid:863) or (cid:862)north(cid:863) is (cid:271)etter tha(cid:374) (cid:862)do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) or (cid:862) outh(cid:863) (from sot ch. In wrestling/fight, enemy is lower than you if (cid:455)ou"re (cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. Connection between the way maps are designed and many other things: ex. Right associated with good in olden days, left with bad. We still often think of right-handed words on keyboards as more positive. Determinism (whorf)- forces us to see the world through language and divide things into categories; it limits us, has 100% influence with no alternative. Relativity (sapir)- language influences (does not force) us to see the world through language; it biases us, but alternatives possible: general question- how much linguistic relativity is there (a little or a lot), ex. An idea = a commodity that can be run out of: ex. An idea = a gift, something packageable: ex. A theory = a child: ex.
