[对汉英语言相对性的探讨]王丽虹

【对汉英语言相对性的探讨】王丽虹.pdfMASTERDEGREE THESIS AN EXPLORATION OF LINGUISTICRELATIVITY OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE MAJCR:ENGLISIILANGUAGEANDLITERATURE AUTHOR:WANG LI HONG ADVISOR:PROF.Introduction Thequestionwhetherthelanguagewespeakmayinflu-encethewaywethinkalwaysarousestheimaginationof anyonewhoconsidersitforthefirsttimeandoftenholds alingerring fascination withit.WhenChinese speakers,whohaveextensiveexperiencewithmonolingualspeakers ofIndo-Europeanorotherlanguages,areaskedwhPart OneLanguage,Thought and Culture 1Sapir-WhorfHypothesis Thenotion thatdifferentlanguagesinfluencethinking in different ways has annoyed philosophers since the birth ofphilosophy.Since Aristotle,most prominent thinkers have takenlanguage only as a conceptualizing tool,which is de- pendenton and
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