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Mag. Dr. Friedrich Pöhl Mag. Dr. Friedrich Pöhl

800913

Non-European thinking and speech

SE 2

2,5

every 2 weeks

not applicable

German

Intercultural competences Fostering an understanding of otherness Avoidance of ethnocentricity Avoidance of errors induced by language Fostering interdisciplinary and scientific work Critical approach to the affinity of thought/language/culture

The seminar will focus on the interrelation of language and thought (considering also the given cultural context) regarding the cultures of both Americas as well as the cultures of the ancient Near East. This interrelation will furthermore be reconstructed within the (western) history of ideas. The purpose requires an interdisciplinary and critical approach because different perspectives and theories (i.e. linguistic, scientific, philosophical as well as philological theories) will be discussed and reflected.

Open discussion and talks given by the participants and conductors of the seminar.

Oral and written report.

Literature (not complete): Everett Daniel L., „Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã“, Current Anthropology, 46 / 4, 2005, S. 621-646 Gipper Helmut, „Gibt es ein sprachliches Relativitätsprinzip? Untersuchungen zur Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese“, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972 Gumperz John J. / Levinson Stephen C. (Hrsg.), Rethinking linguistic relativity (=Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language No. 17), Camebridge University Press, Camebridge 1996 Kainz Friedrich, „Über die Sprachverführung des Denkens“( Erfahrung und Denken - Schriften zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Philosophie und Einzelwissenschaften, Band 38) Dunker & Humblodt, Berlin 1972 Whorf Benjamin Lee, „Sprache Denken Wirklichkeit“, Beiträge zur Metalinguistik und Sprachphilosophie, Rowohlt, Reinbeck bei Hamburg 1963