The Linguistic Shaping of Thought: A Study in the Impact of Language on Thinking in China and the West

by A. H. Bloom, Alfred H. Bloom

Overview

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 the biases implicit in the way English speakers speak and think; and how they challenge the assumption, currently lurking within the field of psychology, that languages have little impact on the shaping of cognitive life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898590890
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1981
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1860L (what's this?)

About the Author

A. H.Bloom Departments of Psychology and Linguistics
Swarthmore College

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Distinctive Cognitive Legacies of English and Chinese; Chapter 2 Linguistic Initiatives in the Shaping and Functioning of Thought;