Rethinking Language-thought Relationship from the Perspective of Non-linguistic Behavior:Interpreting Benjamin Lee Whorf’s Language, Thought, and Reality
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Peng Peilan
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- Keywords:
- Linguistic Relativity; Non-linguistic Behavior; Cognition; Socio-cultural
- Abstract
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This paper revisits Whorfian-Hypothesis based on Language, Thought and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf. The researchers point out and interpret the faults and weaknesses in Whorf’s theorization, and clarify the misunderstandings of the Whorf Hypothesis. This paper is supposed to illustrate the relationship between languages and thought from cognitive and social perspectives and explore how nonlinguistic elements impact people’s cognition in language from different perspectives.
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- 2021-01-18
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- Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021)
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- Articles
How to Cite
Peilan, P. (2021). Rethinking Language-thought Relationship from the Perspective of Non-linguistic Behavior:Interpreting Benjamin Lee Whorf’s Language, Thought, and Reality. International Journal of English and Education, 10(1), 37-46. https://ijee.org/ijee/article/view/116