華人文化講座II
語言與文化主體性
第二講：名詞類別與文化
Lecture 2：Nominal Classification
講者：Gunter Senft／荷蘭馬克斯．普朗克心理語言學研究所資深研究員
時間：2018年12月10日（一） 14:00~16:00
地點：政治大學百年樓111演講廳
網址：http://lecture.ccstw.nccu.edu.tw/guenter-senft
講座簡介：
Prof. Senft’s second lecture explores the problem of nominal classification. The main question is to determine how humans use language to organize, categorize and communicate about the perceived word.
In order to understand the relation between language and world, Prof. Senft will discuss different typologies of nominal classification found in natural languages. Then, by studying the Kilivila language of the Trobriand Islands, he will raise some questions that are relevant to Cognitive Linguistics: Are the systems of nominal classification universal or culture-related? What do linguistic categories classify: extralinguistic referents or intralinguistic categories such as ‘nouns’? Also, given that classifiers also carry their own meaning, does their meaning influence what is classified or does the meaning of their objects influence them?
Although many of the classifiers in the Kilivila language seem to rely on universal categories, Prof. Senft will show that these categories are always expressed in a cultural-specific way and that, from this perspective, language influences thought.
02_Nominal_class_2007_Taiwan參考文獻：
Senft, Gunter. 2007. Nominal classification. In D. Geeraerts, & H. Cuyckens (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics, 676-696. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
