Whorf’s theory of language

Reading 1 – https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all

Reading 2 & 3 – Are attached.

 

1. What is Whorf’s theory of language?
2. How do people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to experience space differently than others?
3. What is Deutscher’s conclusion about how language influences thinking?
4. What does Lakoff mean by “framing” and “re-framing?”
5. How does language selection relate to framing?
6. What is the “strict father” model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics
7. What is the nurturing parent model (frame) and how does it relate to US politics?
8. What is Hypocognition?