第四章 Language, Thought and Culture: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis：This chapter mainly focuses on how language, thought and culture are intertwined with each other from different perspectives. Our discussion aims to clarify three questions. 1. What is the relationship between language and culture? 2. What is linguistic determinism? 3. What is linguistic relativity?4.1Language, Thought and Culture:1. Definition of language and culture. 2. The relationship between language and culture.[单选题]Which statement is correct? 选项:[Zuni speakers have one color term for yellow and orange.
4.2Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis: Linguistic Determinism:1. Definition of linguistic determinism. 2. Criticism on linguistic determinism.
4.3Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis: Linguistic Relativity:1. Definition of linguistic relativity. 2. Inspirations from the Eskimos, Hopi, Dani and Zuni people.
, Dani people have 11 basic color terms., Spanish and Americans name the object “house” similarly. , Eskimo and English have the same amount of words to describe snow.]
[单选题]According to the video, what is the definition of language?
选项:[Language is the only way for communication., Language is the words we used for understanding others., Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.
, Language is a reflection of the environment.
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[单选题]The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis concentrates on the relationship between_________:选项:[Thought and culture, Language and culture, Language and communication
, Language and thought]
[判断题]Learning a foreign language may help develop one’s ability to see the world differently.选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]Hopi verbs have no grammatical tense structure, which indicates that the notion of time plays no role in Hopi society选项:[对, 错]
[判断题]Basic terms could be interpreted differently in different cultures. 选项:[错, 对]
[判断题]Different cultures have similar values.选项:[对, 错]
[多选题]Why language and culture are intertwined? 选项:[Language is a more important factor than culture one that influences how people perceive the world. , Language expresses cultural reality., Language embodies cultural reality.
, Different languages use the same concepts to convey cultural meanings.
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[多选题] Linguistic determinism implies________.
选项:[Language determines thought., Linguistic structure and cognitive structure are intertwined., Language and thought are intertwined. , Linguistic structure determines the cognitive structure. ]
[多选题]Which one could be viewed as the counter-argument of linguistic determinism? 选项:[Multi-language learners.
, Dain people’s understandings towards colors., The language learning process of babies. , Hopi people’s perception of time.]
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