【对汉英语言相对性的探讨】王丽虹.pdf
MASTERDEGREE 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,areaskedwh
Part 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