Tag: language learning

  • What do these research findings mean?

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    This blog has presented research findings based on the semiotic theory of imagery processes by Strømnes originally presented in 1973. All writings concerning the theory are collected in his book: The fall of the word and the rise of the mental model. A reinterpretation of the research on spatial cognition and language (2006). The three…

  • Hungarian and English plays compared

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    This post is starts a series about analyzing British and Hungarian versions of the same play. G.B. Shaw’s play You never can tell (1962, original 1896) was selected for the study. Since the mental models of the Finnish and Swedish languages differ significantly (Strømnes, 1974), it is conceivable that the mental models of other languages…

  • What about related languages? Estonian, Hungarian, and English

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    The last post was about differences in pictorial structures in productions where the teams came from two different language groups – the Indo-European (Swedish/Norwegian) and the Ural-Altaic (Finnish). English belongs to the Indo-European group while Estonian and Hungarian belong to the Ural- Altaic group. According to the Strømnes information theory, linguistic communication means conveying information…

  • Linguistic relativity

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    This text of mine is a part of my continuation studies. I wrote it in the begining of the 1990’s. It deals with universalism and relativism in psychology, particularly with linguistic universality and relativity. The former argues that the cognitive base of all languages is the same while the latter holds that thinking may be…

  • Frode J Strømnes: Are there significant differences between the mental outlooks of languages?

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    A paper presented to EU-translators in Brussels in 2007. Edited by Antero Johansson Introduction This topic presupposes that I acquaint you with the view of language that I find scientifically well founded. To put it plainly, the experimental evidence has shown that a language consists of two interrelated parts: first, the mental space and the…

  • About the next post

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    The next post will be an edited version of a paper by the late professor Strømnes. In 2007 he gave a speech to a group of EU-translators in Brussels. His notes had lain in my archives for twelve years until I had the opportunity to edit them. You may consider that paper a short version…

  • Comparison of Strømnes and Paivio models

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    The widest uniform model in addition to the Strømnes model, which take a stand on both images and verbal processing, is Paivio’s dual coding model. Next, I look at the Paivio model and show where his model differs from the Strømnes model. They have some similarities but also differences on crucial points. Paivio’s dual coding…

  • Linguistic behaviour studies supporting the Strømnes theory

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    The Strømnes model is presented in the form of a line drawn from an external stimulus (verbalization / visual observation) to the internal (central nervous system) function – to the memory and to the formation of images. According to this, the observation is encoded by language-specific structures into the memory from which they are communicated…

  • Geometric relations conveyed by Swedish prepositions and Finnish cases

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    The images shown on the following pages are schematic drawings of animated films that were constructed as experimental laboratory work (Strømnes, 1974)1. It is easy to see that the systems are very different. Prepositions of the Swedish language are represented by the movement of a small character named PÅM. It moves three-dimensionally with a larger,…

  • The semiotic theory of image processes by Strømnes

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    The previous post described how individual words “found their way” into main memory. This part of the theory describes how combinations of words work in the same situation (Strømnes, 1973). Linguistic communication is thought to be statements about spaces. Space is defined as two or more objects (characters) that are somewhat related to one another.…

  • Information theory by Strømnes

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    The information theory by Strømnes is divided into two parts. The first part contains memory models, two of them. They depict the memorizing of meaningless and meaningful material. The second part describes how to use combinations of words, i.e. how to communicate. Strømnes has named his theory the semiotic theory of imagery processes. It describes…