Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (studies In The Social And Cultural Foundations Of Language)

Linguistic relativity is the claim that culture, through language, affects the way in which we think, and especially our classification of the experienced world. This book reexamines ideas about linguistic relativity in the light of new evidence and changes in theoretical climate. The editors have provided a substantial introduction that summarizes changes in thinking about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in the light of developments in anthropology, linguistics and cognitive science. Introductions to each section will be of especial use to students. The Scope Of Linguistic Relativity / John A. Lucy -- From 'thought And Language' To 'thinking For Speaking' / Dan I. Slobin -- Intra-speaker Reliativity / Paul Kay -- Imaging In Iron, Or Thought Is Not Inner Speech / Charles M. Keller And Janet Dixon Keller -- The Origins Of Children's Spacial Sematic Categories / Melissa Bowerman -- Relativity In Spatial Conception And Description / Stephen C. Levinson -- Cognitive Limits To Conceptual Relativity / Pascal Boyer -- Language Form And Communicative Practices / William F. Hanks -- Projections, Transpositions And Relativity / John B. Haviland -- Communities, Commonalities, And Communication / Herbert H. Clark. The Linguistic And Cultural Relativity Of Inference / John J. Gumperz -- Linguistic Resources For Socializing Humanity / Elinor Ochs -- When Animals Become 'rounded' And 'feminine' / Elsa Gomez-imbert. Edited By John J. Gumperz And Stephen C. Levinson. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.