Re-evaluating evidence for linguistic relativity: Reply to Boroditsky (2001)

Re-evaluating evidence for linguistic relativity: Reply to Boroditsky (2001)

Six unsuccessful attempts at replicating a key finding in the linguistic relativity literature [Boroditsky, L. (2001). Does language shape thought?: Mandarin and English speakers’ conceptions of time. Cognitive Psychology, 43, 1–22] are reported. In addition to these empirical issues in replicating...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cognition 2007-08, Vol.104 (2), p.417-426
Hauptverfasser: January, David, Kako, Edward
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Boroditsky, Lera
Chinese languages
Cognition
Cognitive Psychology
College Students
Developmental psychology
English language
Humans
Inferences
Language
Language and thought
Language Role
Linguistic relativity
Linguistics
Mandarin Chinese
Misconceptions
Program Validation
Reader Response
Social research
Temporal cognition
Thinking
Time Perception
Whorfian hypothesis
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Zusammenfassung:Six unsuccessful attempts at replicating a key finding in the linguistic relativity literature [Boroditsky, L. (2001). Does language shape thought?: Mandarin and English speakers’ conceptions of time. Cognitive Psychology, 43, 1–22] are reported. In addition to these empirical issues in replicating the original finding, theoretical issues present in the original report are discussed. In sum, we conclude that Boroditsky (2001) provides no support for the Whorfian hypothesis.
ISSN:0010-0277
1873-7838
DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.008