Language
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS
- The world we know is a product of our language and culture
- Vocabulary can show what’s important
- Grammar and syntax
- Criticism - Pinker: takes more than language to determine capacity for thought
Linguistic Relativism
Coordinate bilingualism - learn a second language later in life and use it in a limited context
Compound bilingualism - learn a second language early in life and use it in many contexts
Muted group theory - language as a construct made by a more powerful group mutes the
communication of less powerful groups
TRANSLATION PROBLEMS
1. Vocabulary equivalence
2. Idiomatic equivalence
3. Grammatical-syntactical equivalence
4. Experiential equivalence
5. Conceptual equivalence
6. Human vs machine translators
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS
- The world we know is a product of our language and culture
- Vocabulary can show what’s important
- Grammar and syntax
- Criticism - Pinker: takes more than language to determine capacity for thought
Linguistic Relativism
Coordinate bilingualism - learn a second language later in life and use it in a limited context
Compound bilingualism - learn a second language early in life and use it in many contexts
Muted group theory - language as a construct made by a more powerful group mutes the
communication of less powerful groups
TRANSLATION PROBLEMS
1. Vocabulary equivalence
2. Idiomatic equivalence
3. Grammatical-syntactical equivalence
4. Experiential equivalence
5. Conceptual equivalence
6. Human vs machine translators
