大三语言学基础Week-III：Basic-Knowledge-of-L-(Properties).pptVIP

* 语言学 Linguistics Week III Basic Knowledge of Language Properties of Language Relationship Between Thought and Language Thought is ‘speech minus sound’ (L. S. Vygotsky) Thinking is not merely dependent on language in general but, up to a certain degree, on each specific language. (Wilhelm von Humboldt) The structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society (Whorf) Language has some kind of a limited role in shaping cognition. (Kecskes) Question: Is language arbitrary or non-arbitrary? arbitrary no necessary and