語言相對論
語言相對論(英語:),有時也被稱為沙皮爾-沃夫假說(英語:)認為語言結構影響其使用者的世界觀或認知,因此人類的感知與思考模式與其所使用的語言相關。
該理論首先由語言學家兼人類學家愛德華·沙皮爾(Edward Sapir)及其學生本杰明·李·沃夫所提出,是一門關於人類語言的心理學、語言學假說。這項學說認為,人類的思考模式受到其使用語言的影響,因而對同一事物時可能會有不同的看法,不過這項學說引起了一些爭議,也招致了一些批評。基於以上爭議,後來產生不同的修正版本:其一於二次大戰前提出語言決定思想為強勢版本;其二於近代提倡,認為語言結構僅影響認知的溫和版本,介紹如下[1]:
- 語言相對論的強勢版本,又稱為語言決定論,提出語言決定思考模式,故語言結構限制並決定其認知結構,此一版本已於現代普遍被認為是不正確的論述。[2]
- 語言相對論的溫和版本,認為語言結構及使用可能影響思考模式及決策方式。該版本較受到相關實證研究結果的分析認可。[3]
其假說名稱(沙皮爾-沃夫假說)容易產生誤解,原因是兩位學者並未合著研究,或命名他們的觀點如是。以上版本的區別也是由後續學者延伸發展。[4][5]
語言決定論認為語言決定思考模式,不同語系的語言看待世界的方式都不一樣,也就呈現了各種語言彼此間的相對性,所以任何民族的語言都與其文化和生活環境的需要一起成長和改變。
歷史
語言相對論的概念首先由19世紀的兩位德國思想家,威廉·馮·洪堡以及約翰·戈特弗里德·赫爾德所提出,認為語言作為表現國家精神的方式。20世紀初兩位美國人類學家法蘭茲·鮑亞士與愛德華·沙皮爾也於1928年的美國語言學會[6]支持這樣的概念,沙皮爾尤其反對語言決定論觀點。
沙皮爾的學生,本杰明·李·沃夫,在他發表語言差異影響人類認知與行為的相關觀察後,成為假說的主要之支持者。沙皮爾另一位學生,哈利·霍耶,引入沙皮爾-沃夫假說[7],儘管兩位學者從未正式推廣類似的理論。[8]其中,強勢版本於1920年代由德國語言學家魏斯格貝爾持續發展。經羅傑·布朗和埃里克·勒納伯格進行了實驗,為了探究不同語言使用者,是否在辨別顏色程度上有所不同,使得沃夫的語言相對論成為可測試的假設。
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