Reading Questions What is Whorf’s theory of language? How do people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to experience space differently than others? What is Deutscher’s conclusion about how language influences thinking? What does Lakoff mean by “framing” and “re-framing?” How does language selection relate to framing? What is the “strict father” model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics What is the nurturing parent model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics? What is Hypocognition? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UfGZOPJjE&feature=youtu.be George Lakoff: Don't Think of an Elephant – Deutscher Article https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all attachment LakoffGeorge-DontThinkofanElephant-Excerpt.pdf attachment ExcerptfromRolandBarthes.pdf

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Reading Questions What is Whorf’s theory of language? How do people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to experience space differently than others? What is Deutscher’s conclusion about how language influences thinking? What does Lakoff mean by “framing” and “re-framing?” How does language selection relate to framing? What is the “strict father” model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics What is the nurturing parent model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics? What is Hypocognition? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UfGZOPJjE&feature=youtu.be George Lakoff: Don't Think of an Elephant – Deutscher Article https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all attachment LakoffGeorge-DontThinkofanElephant-Excerpt.pdf attachment ExcerptfromRolandBarthes.pdf.

Reading Questions

  1. What is Whorf’s theory of language?
  2. How do people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to experience space differently than others?
  3. What is Deutscher’s conclusion about how language influences thinking?
  4. What does Lakoff mean by “framing” and “re-framing?”
  5. How does language selection relate to framing?
  6. What is the “strict father” model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics
  7. What is the nurturing parent model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics?
  8. What is Hypocognition?

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UfGZOPJjE&feature=youtu.be
George Lakoff: Don’t Think of an Elephant
– Deutscher Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all

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    LakoffGeorge-DontThinkofanElephant-Excerpt.pdf
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Reading Questions What is Whorf’s theory of language? How do people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to experience space differently than others? What is Deutscher’s conclusion about how language influences thinking? What does Lakoff mean by “framing” and “re-framing?” How does language selection relate to framing? What is the “strict father” model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics What is the nurturing parent model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics? What is Hypocognition? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UfGZOPJjE&feature=youtu.be George Lakoff: Don't Think of an Elephant – Deutscher Article https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all attachment LakoffGeorge-DontThinkofanElephant-Excerpt.pdf attachment ExcerptfromRolandBarthes.pdf