[LING 2420] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (34 pages long)

• School: York University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 2420
• Professor: Philipp Angermeyer

Document Summary

Boas disproved the existence of primitive languages, races and culture: all linguistic and cultural practices were equally complex and logical. Sapir believed that grammatical categories, while derived initially from experience, subsequently became part of intricate linguistic systems, resulting in the tyrannical hold that linguistic form has upon our orientation in the world . Hobi vs. sae (standard average european) case (whorf) Hopi: linguistic categories emphasizing process and continuity have led to cultural values that stress preparation, endurance, and intensity. Sae: linguistic tendency to split time into quantifiable substances has led to a culture that values record-keeping, accounting, schedules, and historical sequencing. Mistaken strong version of the hypothesis that claims language determines our ability to think. More accurate version claims our language predisposes us to interpret experience in certain ways or to engage in certain cultural practices or beliefs. Lacking theory of mind, ability to form new words, and syntax: children with limited/no exposure to language c. i.