1st Edition
The Linguistic Shaping of Thought A Study in the Impact of Language on Thinking in China and the West
120 Pages
by
Psychology Press
128 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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First published in 1981. Using his fourteen years of interaction with the Chinese language and its speakers the author has noted certain important differences between the Chinese mode of speaking and thinking and that of speakers of English. This study looks at the impact of these differences looking at how they increase the sensitivity to what Chinese speakers mean; how they heighten awareness of... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Distinctive Cognitive Legacies of English and Chinese; Chapter 2 Linguistic Initiatives in the Shaping and Functioning of Thought;
Biography
A. H.Bloom Departments of Psychology and Linguistics
Swarthmore College
