Setsen+Turbat

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__Assignment 4.__

- If people speak more than one language, is what they know different in each language? Does each language provide a different framework for reality? The most people speak more than one language. Because, today all people's knowledge is getting better. But all people have only one own native language. If people speak more than one language, that will be so helpful and a very interesting. Language is determinant of culture and history. And language and history are connected to each other. This last observation is very good, but I want to know more, give me an example of how language captures a people's history in a way that would be lost if the language were lost. - How is the meaning of what is said affected by silences omissions, pace, tone of voice and bodily movement? How might these factors be influenced in turn by the social or cultural context? When people walking they always use omissions, pace, tone of voice and bodily movement. Does demonstrate that people's emotion and that thing's main idea. People usually use the tone of voice and bodily movement for their emotion. If someone talking so laud and banging their arms, it means so angry or so mad. If people speak without tone of voice's abolition and bodily movement, it will be so difficult to understand each other. And it will affect to social and culture. Some cultures do not like people to express their emotions openly, they think raised voices and excited body movements are rude, I wonder what this does to people. Do you think they ending up feeling less because they are constantly controlling the expression of their emotions or do they end up feeling more because they hav no outlet for them? - What is lost in translation from one language to another? Why? It is very difficult to translate from one language to another. Because translation can't demonstrate all main idea perfect. And it usually lose the some idea and people's emotion. -It is possible to think without language? How does language facilitate, extend, direct or limit thinking? I think it is impossible to think without language. Because people think help by their own language. If you don't know any language, it is impossible. Because human or animals always use body or speaking language. And when people born their head start to work for language. For example when people born they cry first, it means they are feel awkward world. The people are always be with language. It means it is impossible to think without language. I think to answer this question one first has to define what is meant by language, because creatures must have something in their brains, but does it count as language, and if it doesn't, then does what is in their brains count as thinking? The following properties of human language have been argued to separate it from animal communication or the sort of non-verbal images a creature might get in its head if it does not have language. Human language i.e. verbal language has: In the case of the crying baby, is the sound intended to //communicate// his feelings or is it just a physical consequence of his feelings?
 * // Arbitrariness: // There is no rational relationship between a sound or sign and its meaning. (There is nothing intrinsically "housy" about the word "house".)
 * // Cultural transmission: // Language is passed from one language user to the next, consciously or unconsciously.
 * // Discreteness: // Language is composed of discrete units that are used in combination to create meaning.
 * // Displacement: // Languages can be used to communicate ideas about things that are not in the immediate vicinity either spatially or temporally.
 * // Duality: // Language works on two levels at once, a surface level and a semantic (meaningful) level.
 * // Metalinguistics: // Ability to discuss language itself.
 * // Productivity: // A finite number of units can be used to create an infinite number of utterances.

__Assignment__ 3

• To what extent do our senses give us knowledge of the world as it really is? Most people have sensibility. I believe my only way to see world is to feel. Smell, hearing, touch, taste, see are my feeling skills. For example, if i can't see trees and people. how i know tree is green and tall, how i know pretty face and babies smile. If i can't taste food and drinks. How i know ice cream and coke is delicious. Maybe some people feels different. But i think all people feels similar about world. Maybe my all colors looks very different than other people's colors. How i know green is green and blue is blue. It is very confusing thing. I think invalid people feels very different than ours. Because they can't feel everything. Maybe they assume about their can't feeling things. but all assume are usually wrong. Our knowledge is helping to as for know to world. It is very truth.

Do you think that we only truly know something if we have experienced it for ourselves, or can we understand something through the descriptions of others? You say assumptions are usually wrong - but often they are right, it's just that unless are aware of them being assumptions, we don't think to check whether they are wrong or right and that can lead to all kinds of mistakes.

• What is the role of culture and language in the perceptual process? Given the partially subjective nature of sense perception, how can different knowers ever agree on what is perceived? Do people with different cultural or linguistic backgrounds live, in some sense, in different worlds?

The role of culture and language is a very important. English is my second language and American culture is very different than our county's culture. Your knowledge and language will be like empty paper in other country. You could learn for new. It is a very difficult. For example, When i was come to United States, it was very new and scary. Because my English very bad, but my school's all class are in English. It is a very affected my knowledge. Because American all units are very different. I need to learn them. Boise is very great city and with great weather. But American culture is very different. It is feeling every single days. And it is changing my whole life. But i need to be attached to this American culture. because i came here for high education. Mongolia is very cold country. My old city was a coldest capital city of world. But Idaho and Boise have very great weather. Because Boise is desert. I think this winter will very warm. It will not affect for me. In live in different background is very hard. Your all thing will be different. But all people have accommodate skills. What are the biggest differences, in your opinion, between American and Mongolian culture? Clearly you notice and think about the weather a lot. Do you think different weather conditions fundamentally change the way people think about the world, the way they behave towards one another, and the values that they have?

Assignment 1 1. How old are you? How might age affect both that you know and your attitude toward gaining knowledge? I am 17 years old. Well I am only 17 years old now. I think i am not too old and i haven't lot of live experiences. Maybe some kids have many experiences. My classmates are 1 year younger than me. But they are are kids same like me. I think all kids affect another kids about addiction and ambition to learn. But if you love to learn, they can't affect you. I see what you are saying: that, if you are clear in your own mind about what you want, then you can better resist the negative influence of others. 2. What is your mother tongue? What other languages do you speak? How might your particular languages affect your knowledge? I am from Mongolia. Mongolian language is my mother tongue. My first language is Mongolian. And i can speak English little bit. And i hope my English will better. My language is very affecting my knowledge. Because my all class are teaching in English. It is very hard to me. Sometimes i don't understand my lessons. It must be very frustrating for you. I know that what you really want to do (and what you feel you // need // to do) is to fully understand the content of your classes. Nevertheless, while you struggle to do this, you are learning things that many of us never learn, like: how to cope in this situation, and how to understand the gist of something without being able to understand every word. 3. What sex are you? Does your gender role affect how you see the World and that expectations you have about your knowledge and education? I am male. All gender's people have same rights. I think my gender is not affecting my knowledge and education. 4. Are you urban or rural? How might living in a city or living in the countryside affect how you have learned and what you know? I born in countryside. And my family moved to capital city of Mongolia when i was baby. I think i am urban. Because i was living in big city. Mongolian countryside education is not so good. Because Mongolia is too big and countryside's school has not good teachers and good technical things. I think it is bad. But big city's schools are very good. It is affected for me very well. 5.What is your spiritual worldview? How do you think that your following a particular religion, or not doing so, affect your knowledge? My spiritual worldview is very optimistic. I think our world is developing. i know about many religions. They are all similar. And we will newer know about this thing's true or not. My religion is a Jesus. But i not following any religions opinion. i think some religions opinions are affecting some people's knowledge. but my is good. Because i like be free for religion opinion. You make a good point, that, since we can never know // for sure // whether any religious beliefs are true or not, religion may offer some wise ideas, but we should retain our freedom to think for ourselves. 6.What other aspects of your background belong here? The questions so far have just been guides, opening thoughts to which you can readily add. When i was studying in Mongolia i learned how to get knowledge. But now i studying in United States of America. I think i am very lucky. It is great chance for my education and my future. Now i have only 8 mounts. It means i haven't much time. I must strive for my future. You have written very thoughtful answers and I am impressed because it is hard to be reflective and philosophical in a language you are still struggling to master.