10 Questions
Human thought and its expression in ______ are intimately interrelated.
language
Cognitive processes mediate between the world of ______ and their linguistic crystallisation in the lexicon and grammar of a language.
concepts
Three types of ______ processes will be dealt with in this unit.
cognitive
We can only make sense of the world of our experiences and communicate our thoughts by means of what philosophers and linguists call ______.
categories
A ______ is the conceptualization of a collection of similar experiences that are meaningful and relevant to us.
category
Categories are ______ in nature, and many, but by no means all, of our conceptual categories are also laid down in language as linguistic categories.
conceptual
Let us think of an everyday situation that may give rise to a meaningful ______ for which we do not have a linguistic category.
category
Imagine the situation of driving to ______ or work every morning.
college
Whenever you approach a particular ______, the road is clogged.
junction
The road is ______ whenever you approach a particular junction.
clogged
Study Notes
Human Thought and Language
- Human thought and language expression are closely interconnected.
- Cognitive processes mediate between the world of concepts and their linguistic representation in the lexicon and grammar of a language.
Categories and Their Internal Structure
- Categories are conceptualizations of collections of similar experiences that are meaningful and relevant to a community.
- Categories are formed for things that "matter" in a community.
- Categories are conceptual in nature, and many, but not all, are also laid down in language as linguistic categories.
- Categories can be formed from everyday experiences, such as driving to college or work every morning.
- The traffic situations experienced at a particular junction, despite being different each day, can be grouped together into a category, e.g., "prone to traffic jams".
Characteristics of Categories
- Categories are formed from a collection of similar experiences.
- Categories are conceptual in nature.
- Categories can be meaningful and relevant to a community.
- Categories can be linguistic or non-linguistic.
Explore the complex relationship between human thought and language expression, including cognitive processes and conceptual categorization.
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