Relationship between Language and Thought

Worked examples (6)

• 1The universalist core claim (thought is independent of language)
• 2Chomsky's Universal Grammar as evidence for universalism
• 3Berlin u0026 Kay (1969) — colour-term universals
• 4Rosch and the Dani — cognition not bound by vocabulary
• 5Pinker and mentalese — we don't think in our language (Stretch)
• 6Weighing universalism vs relativity — the balanced synthesis (Stretch)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay

Worked examples (6)

• 1Strong vs weak Sapir-Whorf — define and distinguish
• 2The 'Eskimo snow words' myth — teaching scepticism
• 3The genuine modern evidence for weak relativity (Boroditsky, Levinson)
• 4The opposing view and counter-evidence (universalism, Pinker, circumlocution)
• 5Reaching the balanced verdict (the top-band move)
• 6Reading an unseen stimulus and building a balanced Paper 4 essay

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay

Worked examples (6)

• 1What mentalese is — Fodor's Language of Thought Hypothesis
• 2Why Fodor proposed it — productivity and systematicity
• 3Pinker's everyday evidence that thought precedes words
• 4How LOTH supports universalism and opposes determinism
• 5Evaluating LOTH — the criticisms and caveats
• 6Reading an unseen text and building a Paper 4 essay on LOTH

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), focused-task style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 4 Section B (Language and the Self), discursive essay