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    This document provides an overview of a BQ3 Spin lesson on the relationship between language and thought. It introduces the concepts of linguistic determinism, which is the idea that the extent of our language shapes what we know, and linguistic relativism, which is that the type of language we speak shapes what we know. It prompts discussion of quotes from Wittgenstein and Whorf on these topics and asks whether students identify as linguistic determinists, relativists, both, or neither. It links this back to the unit's overarching question of how our understanding is influenced by how knowledge is communicated.

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    This document provides an overview of a BQ3 Spin lesson on the relationship between language and thought. It introduces the concepts of linguistic determinism, which is the idea that the extent of our language shapes what we know, and linguistic relativism, which is that the type of language we speak shapes what we know. It prompts discussion of quotes from Wittgenstein and Whorf on these topics and asks whether students identify as linguistic determinists, relativists, both, or neither. It links this back to the unit's overarching question of how our understanding is influenced by how knowledge is communicated.

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    BQ3 Spin Lesson 5

    Language
    I can evaluate the extent to which the language we use
    represents the knowledge we possess
    Can you know something
    Starter without having a word for it?
    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/
    world-45685575
    Untranslatable
    words?
    Why is it hard (impossible?) to
    translate these words into English?
    Can you think of more examples?

    What does this suggest about the


    relationship between the type of
    language and thought?
    Linguistic determinism & relativism
    The idea that the extent of our language shapes what we ● Copy the quotes
    know is called linguistic determinism.
    “The limits of my language mean the limits of my
    ● Discuss both these
    world.” (Ludwig Wittgenstein) theories in your group.
    ● How valid do they seem?
    The idea that the type of language we speak shapes what
    we know is called linguistic relativism. ● Do they match up to
    “We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely your personal
    as we do because of the language habits of our
    community.” (Benjamin Lee Whorf)
    experiences of language?
    Are you a linguistic
    determinist, relativist,
    both, or neither?
    LINK THIS BACK TO THE BIG
    QUESTION OF OUR UNIT:

    How is our understanding of the world


    influenced by the way knowledge is
    communicated?

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