Kaylee ♡The next time someone complains that language is deteriorating, show them this amazing quote/burn 🤭
Ok I finished the book and loooved it, however it was pretty clear that it was 30 years old 😬 if someone can recommend me a book that sums up the discoveries made since then, I’d be super grateful!
In Italy we say “if grandma had wheels, she'd be a wheelbarrow” 🤭
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#TheLanguageInstinct was a #GoodRead, I won't deny that I enjoyed #IT; however, by #HowTheMindWorks, he was already beginning to #LoseHisFocus
#OpinionsWillVary; #IT's #WhatTheyDo...
Let's see if we can't get #JustinBimblebottom to #JoinUs... Just for the #ShitsAndGiggles
Then we can have #Pie
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londonchimpdenStill rehabbing my hamstring (the other one this time for those of you keeping track). Still, managed a 10K walk with a pub lunch in somewhere in the middle. Yum! Now curling up with my book (still on Steven Pinker’s The Language Instinct) and black coffee. Then it’s off to do physio (booooooo). #middleage #StevenPinker #TheLanguageInstinct #Sunday #books #amreading #bookstodon
十水心语mentalese这一章，Steven Pinker用1984开头[1]引出语言决定论，i.e. 语言决定思想，花了一整章驳斥这个理论，得出了最后的结论[2]，我被说服了，又或者说我本来就是同意他的观点的，人类的思维思想是很顽强的，并不会轻易被操纵。放到更长的时间轴看，不用过分忧虑1984。
Steven Pinker痛批的这个爱斯基摩词语大骗局（great eskimo vacabulary hoax），关于爱斯基摩语言比其他语言多了许多描述雪的词汇这一说法，我怎么记得我不是在哪儿看来的，而是听某个教授报告听到的？而且她现在应该也还在做“语言影响思维”的研究，好多实验围绕着一个部落采样，最有说服力的论据就是发现因为这个部落描述颜色的词汇不同，导致他们对颜色的感知不同（蓝紫渐变分类画的界限和对照组不一样）。
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#TheLanguageInstinct