ANTH-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nikita Khrushchev, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Edward Sapir
21 Oct 2014
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Whorf, the relation of habitual thought and behavior to language . Outline: sapir-whorf hypothesis, ries, russian talk, ortner, on key symbols . While popular: reality > thought > language. Reality as a physical collection of the things. Language is verbalization of our thoughts about reality. In fact: language > thought > reality. Sounds that come out of our mouths underscore our experience of reality. Existence of i is an effect of language, not a prerequisite. Not merely a vessel for communication, mirroring, or content delivery, but a shaper or prescriber of the very thoughts we do and do not have. Language makes the subject possible (person topic) Anthropologically speaking: different languages produce different ways of thinking, the picture of the universe shifts from tongue to tongue . The sapir-whorf hypothesis structure of language affects cognition. 1931: work with edward sapir at yale.
