Language is essential for thought

Thought is independent of language

BEHAVIOURIST THEORY Stimulus(stimuli)response process Language is the result of nurture ( product of learning) Children learn language by imitation and repetation MENTALIST THEORY Language is an innate or in-born process(nature) LAD (Language Acquisition Device) The child acquire grammar

INPUT

LAD

OUTCOME

The Development of Thought Precedes the Development of Language

THOUGHT

SPEECH UNDERSTANDING SPEECH PRODUCTION

Thinking in Language is a Fallacy

Thought determines the selection of words froms. PARTICULAR MENTAL PHYSICAL
THOUGHT LANGUAGE SPEECH

CONCIOUS AWARENESS

The Nature of Thought

Exsistence of mind, thought,ideas, and their influence on behaviour.

Language can Assist in Conveying New Ideas and Culture

LANGUAGE PROVIDES NEW IDEAS

In terms of its syntax and vocabulary

Language may be Used to Change Values

Communist Persuasion
Maoists We Must Never Forget about the Class struggle Christians Christ Died for Our sins.

Language Persuasions brings success to the Civil Rights and Womens Rights Movements
Language used to demean, insult, and dominate. Equal right in equality in vocabulary and language use. Vocabulary changes. Subservient womens language styles change. Japanese Honorifics.

I have a dream that my four children will one day

live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Martin Luther King Jr

Vocabulary Changes
But how does vocabulary gender affect representations? Are people attending more to certain features of objects based on grammatical gender? The vocabulary and phrases people use are linked to where they live, their age, education level, social status and sometimes to their membership in a particular group or community.

Subservient Womens Language Styles Change

Language styles change are not dictated by language, but then by the socio-cultural norms for situation in which that language is used.

Japanese Honorificfs
-san This is commonly translated as "Mr." or "Ms. -sama It's used when addressing letters to friends; and a young woman may playfully use it for a guy she has a massive crush on. In rare cases, -sama can also be used sarcastically to indicate extreme disrespect.

-sensei It is addressed to master of any proffesions such as; applied to teacher, doctor, writer. -hakase it is addressed to whose expertise is very high such as Professor. -jisan/basan it is addressed to middle-aged adults with whom the speaker is already acquainted.

Language may be Used to Assist Memory

What aspects of cognition does it affect?
perception? color discrimination, attractiveness memory? past tense, spatial information, names for inanimate objects representation? object representation (g.g.), abstract domain (time) reasoning? Spatial reasoning, number reasoning, theory of mind

Questions
1. What is the relation between thinking and LAD process? (Mimi) 2. Explain more about telling a lie! (Rouf) 3. What is the Primitive language and primitive intelegence? Example! (Mr Trimo)