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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 According to the weak version of linguistic relativity, also called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the features of an individual’s native language influence his worldview and perception.
Jing Shao +4 more
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Linguistic Relativity, Cultural Relativity, and Foreign Language Teaching
TEFLIN Journal, 2015 Every language is assumed to be unique, structurally and culturally. Taking this neo-Bloomfieldian assumption at the outset, this paper first points out the inadequacy of sentence grammars for foreign language teaching. Toward this end, the paper further
A. Effendi Kadarisman
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Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya, 2021 Generally, metaphor is a language style that is often used as a form of creativity in communicating. However, the wider scope of the use of metaphors has led to interference from other aspects, one of which is the cultural aspect.
Novia Anjani Dewi
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Relativity, linguistic variation and language universals
CogniTextes, 2010 Language universals are usually thought of as properties holding of all languages. But very few, if any, such universals exist, due to the extreme structural diversity of languages.
William Croft
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The comparative analysis of English and Lithuanian terms of transport engineering [PDF]
Transport, 2003 The article presents the analysis of transport terms contained in the English – Lithuanian Dictionary of Automobile Transport and special texts. English terms are compared with their Lithuanian equivalents from the perspective of the theory of language ...
V. Marina
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Culture-specific notions of causation in Matses grammar
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2001 Culture-specific notions of causation in Matses grammar. This paper looks at the linguistic coding of a typologically unusual type of causation in Matses, a Panoan language spoken in Amazonian Peru and Brazil.
David W. Fleck
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Linguistic Relativity in SLA: Thinking for Speaking
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2011 Over the past few decades, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research has shown a growing interest in linguistic relativity, specifically in Slobin’s (1987, 1996) thinking-for-speaking hypothesis. The thinking-for-speaking hypothesis posits that language-
Hiromi Noguchi
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Linguistic Relativity in SLA: Thinking for Speaking
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015 Over the past few decades, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research has shown a growing interest in linguistic relativity, specifically in Slobin’s (1987, 1996) thinking-for-speaking hypothesis. The thinking-for-speaking hypothesis posits that language-
Hiromi Noguchi
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Analysis of the Categories in Linguistic Relativity between the two Arabic and Persian Languages and its Impact on Translation [PDF]
پژوهشهای ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2017 In relation to language and thought, discussion of language relativity can still be controversial. This hypothesis, more often known as “Sapir–Whorf hypothesis” is based on how language impacts on thought.
Alireza Nazari
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Journal of European Psychology Students, 2014 The current literature review offers a critical evaluation of the extent to which our native language determines the ways in which we conceptualise the external world.
Nicholas P. Sarantakis
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