Name: 【為何東西方思考模式不同】語言會影響思考的方式? 中英語言邏輯上又有哪些差異?
Uploaded: 2021-10-19T09:52:26.000Z
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Adverbs of manner

I've been thinking about something recently,

and I wanted to talk about it and hear what you think.

he talked about transmitter vs receiver oriented languages.

Western communication has what linguists call

that is, it is considered the responsibility of the speaker

to communicate ideas clearly and unambiguously.

But Korea, like many Asian countries, is receiver oriented.

It is up to the listener to make sense of what is being said.

In English, you're expected to make yourself clear

the listener might be expected to do some more work

I have a lot of questions and feelings about it.

My initial feeling is that there might be some truth to it.

it does feel like sometimes I might be explaining something

and there's a moment of clear acknowledgement

and then I feel that anything I'm saying after that point

There isn't too much explanation that's needed.

Another thing is that when it comes to essay writing,

I've been helping a student with her PhD project,

and I'll say 'it feels like there's a step missing here'

Or 'you haven't fully explained the relevance of this

Her supervisors and I often use the words 'vague' or 'unclear'.

because she's like "I think it's very clear"

or "the reader should know exactly what I'm saying!".

because on the one hand, I can totally see what she means,

the convention is that you have to be as specific as possible,

and make it crystal clear for the reader.

You have to be very scientific and logical about it,

you want to leave no room for misinterpretations.

That's how to write well in English anyway.

this transmitter vs receiver difference to me

they find it easier to read English books than Chinese books,

the authors takes you through step by step,

The logic helps the reader follow through bit by bit.

I thought that was quite interesting that they said that

that makes it easier to follow in English.

so you'll have to point out if I'm going majorly wrong here.

I'm still learning about Chinese logic in writing,

but it seems like maybe the rules are just less defined.

and you don't have to only keep 100% relevant points

It seems like you can be a bit more poetic

you can talk about the 'big picture' for a lot longer.

The 'big picture' is quite a big deal actually.

it seems like western logic is more about details,

and Eastern writing is more concerned with big picture stuff.

These language differences made me think of

the structure of a language shapes or limits

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【為何東西方思考模式不同】語言會影響思考的方式? 中英語言邏輯上又有哪些差異?

cognitive

perceive

obvious

context