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Thought is independent of language

BEHAVIOURIST

THEORY

Stimulus(stimuli)-

response process Language is the result of

nurture ( product oflearning)

Children learn languageby imitation andrepetation

MENTALIST THEORY

Language is an innate or

in-born process(nature) LAD (Language

Acquisition Device)

The child acquire

grammar

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INPUT LAD OUTCOME

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The Development of Thought Precedes

the Development of Language

THOUGHT SPEECH UNDERSTANDINGSPEECH PRODUCTION

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Thinking in Language is a Fallacy

Thought determines the selection of words

froms.PARTICULARTHOUGHT MENTALLANGUAGE PHYSICALSPEECH

CONCIOUSAWARENESS

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The Nature of Thought

Exsistence of mind, thought,ideas, and theirinfluence on behaviour.

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Language can Assist in Conveying New

Ideas and Culture

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LANGUAGE PROVIDES NEW

IDEAS

In terms of its syntax and vocabulary

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Language may be Used to Change

Values

Communist Persuasion

Maoists We Must Never Forget about theClass struggle

Christians Christ Died for Our sins.

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Language Persuasions brings success to

the Civil Rights and Womens Rights

Movements Language used to demean, insult, and

dominate.

Equal right in equality in vocabulary and

language use.

Vocabulary changes.

Subservient womens language styles change.

Japanese Honorifics.

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I have a dream that my four children will one daylive in a nation where they will not be judged by thecolor of their skin, but by the content of theircharacter.

At the center of non-violence stands theprinciple of love.

Martin Luther King Jr

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Vocabulary Changes

But how does vocabulary gender affect

representations?

Are people attending more to certain features of

objects based on grammatical gender?

The vocabulary and phrases people use are linked

to where they live, their age, education level,

social status and sometimes to their membershipin a particular group or community.

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Subservient Womens Language Styles

Change

Language styles change are not dictated by

language, but then by the socio-cultural

norms for situation in which that language is

used.

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Japanese Honorificfs

-san

This is commonly translated as "Mr." or "Ms.

-sama It's used when addressing letters to friends;

and a young woman may playfully use it for a

guy she has a massive crush on.

In rare cases, -samacan also be used

sarcastically to indicate extreme disrespect.

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-sensei

It is addressed to master of any proffesions suchas; applied to teacher, doctor, writer.

-hakaseit is addressed to whose expertise is very highsuch as Professor.

-jisan/basanit is addressed to middle-aged adults with whomthe speaker is already acquainted.

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Language may be Used to Assist

Memory

What aspects of cognition does it affect?

perception? color discrimination, attractiveness

memory? past tense, spatial information, names for inanimate

objects

representation? object representation (g.g.), abstract domain(time)

reasoning? Spatial reasoning, number reasoning, theory of mind

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Questions

1. What is the relation between thinking and

LAD process? (Mimi)

2. Explain more about telling a lie! (Rouf)

3. What is the Primitive language and primitive

intelegence? Example! (Mr Trimo)