Stereotypes Blondes on the Sun 1 A Russian

Stereotypes: Blondes on the Sun 1 A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian said, "We were the first in space!" The American said, "We were the first on the moon!" The Blonde said, "So what, we're going to be the first on the sun!" 1/15

Stereotypes: Blondes on the Sun 2 The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. "You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!" said the Russian. 2/15

Stereotypes: Blondes on the Sun 3 To which the Blonde replied, "We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!" 3/15

Not so Dumb Blondes I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb … and I also know that I’m not blonde. — Dolly Parton You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. — Erica Jong 4/15

Metaphors 1 “Metaphors are the most powerful linguistic tool available to us, and this is true for every language. ” Suzette Haden Elgin. 2000. The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind. Cambridge, Mass: Perseus Publishing, pp. 87 -88. 5/15

Metaphors 2 “A successful metaphor… simply replaces and/or readjusts whatever was in their minds before; their attitudes shift immediately, and will remain stable until and unless an even more powerful metaphor comes along and overthrows the previous one. ” Suzette Haden Elgin. 2000. The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind. Cambridge, Mass: Perseus Publishing, pp. 87 -88. 6/15

Metaphors 3 “Metaphors are so powerful that they serve as filters for our perceptions of reality and are the basis for the majority of the decisions we make in our daily lives. ” [And then she quote Goerge Lakoff. ] Suzette Haden Elgin. 2000. The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind. Cambridge, Mass: Perseus Publishing, pp. 87 -88. 7/15

Medical Metaphors Language X: A doctor is a mechanic A patient is a machine in need of repair The human body is an assembly of parts Medical treatment is the repair and/or replacement of broken parts Language Y: A doctor is a gardener Suzette Haden Elgin. 2000. The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind. Cambridge, Mass: Perseus Publishing, pp. 89 -91. 8/15

Survey of Labels Using Chinese characters, what common labels are used in your community to refer to the following? What about members of ethnic or racial groups besides the majority? Women? Homosexuals? People with intellectual disabilities? (Based on Exercise 3, p. 341, in Holmes, 2013. ) 9/15

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 1 STRONG form : Linguistic Determinism “This holds that people from different cultures think differently because of differences in their languages. ” Holmes, Janet. 2013. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 4 th edition. London: Pearson, p. 343. 10/15

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis 2 WEAK form : Linguistic Relativity “…language influences perceptions, thought, and at least potentially, behaviour. ” Holmes, Janet. 2013. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 4 th edition. London: Pearson, p. 343. 11/15

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Evidence (some of it for; some against) Colors Shapes Numbers Holmes, Janet. 2013. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 4 th edition. London: Pearson, pp. 343 -344. 12/15

Survey of Chinese Concept of Time Using Chinese characters, list some proverbs, idioms, phrases showing how the words for time (時候 and 時間) are used in Chinese. (Based on Exercise 6, pp. 344 -345, in Holmes, 2013. ) 13/15

Survey about "Rice" Words Using Chinese characters, list all the different characters you can think of for kinds of rice or rice in various stages of growth or preparation as food. Use English to give a gloss of the characters you list. Then, list all the verbs you can think of that refer to what can be done to rice to prepare it to be eaten (including cooking methods). (Inspired by comment in Holmes, 2013, p. 348) 14/15

Whorf — What can we say / not say? Inspired hundreds of experiments Rejected strong version Perhaps confirmed some aspects of weak version Knowing Language A does not make you smarter than knowing Language B But, there may be some initial advantages There may be extra sensitivity Some languages / cultures DO place more emphasis on some areas of vocabulary than other languages / cultures. 15/15