• According to Whorf, how are language and thought related?

• Accordin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to Whorf, how are language and thought related? Illustrate your answer with one of the examples he discusses. (300 words) – (read Whorf 1940) • If Spanish/Portuguese/German/French (please choose one), not English, speakers had been tested by Win" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inawer et al., would Russian speakers still have shown an advantage over them, and if so, how and why? If not, why not? [300 words] (read the win" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inawer et al) • Discuss your reaction to John Bishop and his accent in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the context of the readin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing (250 words) (the lin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inks are below) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k2b32 http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/95sep/ets/labo.htm • What is a double negative, and why, accordin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to the readin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing, are double negatives viewed negatively by speakers of English? (read Myth 14 (Double negatives are illogical”, by Jenny Cheshire) • Read Chapter 1 from Tallerman (1998) (pay particular attention to sections 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.2.2 and 1.3) and then aswer the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing questions (a) What is a prescriptive grammar? (b) How do basic/unmarked word orders and marked ones differ? (c) Provide one argument that the underlyin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing structure of I charged up the battery and of I charged up the street is different • Do exercise 6.2 in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in pp. 13-4 in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in Abels (2014) There are 6 questions to be done. each question is based on a readin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing. I will upload the readin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings and a word document with all of the questions that need to be answered. the questions are no longer then 300 words each. you can do them in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in one word document but please make a distin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inction between each question. There is no need for in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">introductions or conclusions, just simply answer the questions.Thank you