From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sat Oct 13 18:10:52 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l9DMAqrg014326 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:10:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front1.acsu.buffalo.edu (warmfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.88]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id l9DMAnGC082025 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:10:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 17165 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2007 22:10:44 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 13 Oct 2007 22:10:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 20581 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2007 22:10:42 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 13 Oct 2007 22:10:42 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3240328 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:10:42 -0400 Delivered-To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Received: (qmail 16546 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2007 22:10:39 -0000 Received: from mailscan1.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.133) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 13 Oct 2007 22:10:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 3063 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Oct 2007 22:10:39 -0000 X-Mailer: University at Buffalo WebMail Cyrusoft SilkyMail v1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 128.205.56.192 X-UB-Relay: (internal) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: XX: 26% Message-ID: <1192313439.4711425f16af5@mail4.buffalo.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:10:39 -0400 Reply-To: "Youngjin 'Sung' Kang" Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: "Youngjin 'Sung' Kang" Subject: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis = language+Culture+Psychology Comments: To: rapaport@cse.Buffalo.ED To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/4539/Sat Oct 13 04:59:25 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 1582 "...One aspect of Boasian cognitve theory did, however, attract the interest of psychologists, first, because it was so provocative and, second, because it appeared less vague than general anthropological pronouncements about culture. This was the theory which merged culture and cognition with language and which went under the name of its two proponents: the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Sapir and Whorf could be understood to say that the grammar and the lexicon of any particular language determined the cognition of its speakers. This proposal was difficult to test but it is clear that strong claims of hypothesis are not borne out, and this is most probably true of the Boasian hypothesis in general(Glucksberg 1988)..." - 'cognition', Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, p109, edt.A.Barnard and J.Spencer, Routlrdge Concequently, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis = Language + Culture + (Cognitive) Psychology And also, the hypothesis has not been fully validated yet, it is still worth testing by anthropolist. Youngjin 'Sung' Kang Cultural Anthropology yjkang@buffalo.edu 716-310-9692 Academic Interrest : * psycholocial, mental and cognitive aspect of culture, * pychoanalysis, culturally specified defence mechanism and self- deception * symbol, language, perception, representation. visual image, films, * memories, reflection, projection. * comparartive analysis of cultures. * Buddhism culture. life cycle, various concepts of life and death * evolutional psychology, social phenotype, sexsual selection, primate sexual behavior * etc..