[lit-ideas] Russian?
- From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 18:58:31 -0600
Any Russian speakers here? I was reading an article this evening and found
something confusing to me. Since I have no knowledge of Russian, I don't
know if the woman being quoted was uncertain of her English, if she doesn't
know Russian, or if there's some other oddness here...I thought you might
be able to shed some light??? The quote that puzzles me is:
<<If people speaking different languages need to group or observe things
differently, then bilinguals ought to switch focus depending on the
language they use. That's exactly the case, according to Pavlenko.
For example, she says English distinguishes between cups and glasses, but
in Russian, the difference between *chashka* (cup) and *stakan* (glass) is
based on shape, not material.>>
I wonder if she meant to say the opposite? To me, in English, the
difference between "cup" and "glass" usually is the shape. Is that
different in Russian?
The article is here, if you're interested.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/30/258376009/how-language-seems-to-shape-ones-view-of-the-world?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook
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