El rol del lenguaje natural en la cognición: Un análisis del neowhorfismo

Abstract

The thesis that speakers of different languages show cognitive differences has been supported, Esta investigación ha sido posible gracias a la financiación recibida por el grupo de investigación de MINECO Lexical Meaning and Concepts (FFI2014-52196-P), Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics (hiTT Ref. IT769-1) y la Beca de iniciación de la investigación para estudiantes de máster 2015 del Vicerrectorado de Investigación de la UGR. Asimismo, quiero expresar mi agradecimiento a Agustín Vicente y a Juan José Acero. by linguistics, psychologist and philosophers. Many results suggest that there is a correlation between language and thought, but there is not a precise theoretical explanation of how language influences cognition. The aim of this paper is to analyze which explanatory mechanisms give an account of the results. First, I will analyze some empirical studies. Second, I will sketch five possible theoretical explanations. I argue for the theory of re-representation.