BCS 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Edward Sapir
7 Apr 2019
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Reading and writing come after lexical invention. One significant implication: we don"t have to keep everything in our memory. We need to learn how to decode/encode the symbols we created. Pass of knowledge is just a function. Strong version: our thoughts are determined by language. Encoding and decoding strategies learned from their first language. Weak version: different languages generate different cognitive structures. We have developed language from childhood, so it is necessary for mental representations. Eg: when i say cat, we have a quick mental image of it. Underrepresentation of the perceived world by language. Two schema: ego-moving : moving towards the future, time-moving: you"re the person experiencing the event. Next wednesday"s meeting has been moved forward two days. Ego-moving prime: 73% answered friday b/c they thought forward and. Time-moving prime: 30 answered fri and 70 answered monday. Influence of spatial descriptions on interpretation of time in language. Up, down, front, back => both vertical and horizontal dimension.
