Language,Thought,CultureandInterculturalCommunication4课件.pptVIP

Language, Thought, Culture and Intercultural Communication A Theoretical Analysis Objectives: Understand different views on the relations between language and thought Review in detail Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Make an neutral assumption of the relations between language and culture Compare Chinese words with English words in psychological meaning Different views on the relations between language and thought Language and thought are different terms for the same thing: thought is silent language, while language is voiced thought Language determines thought (Linguistic determinism) Thought determin