EW2-020
October 10, 2015
Westerners to Noun and Asians to Verb
Westerners and Asians have different perception that saw the world for two reasons.
Westerners are used to consider with NOUNS, but Asians are accustomed to concise with
VERBS. First of all, Westerners questioned with verb, but Asians with noun. In the situation
that asking about drink more tea, Westerners asked “More tea?” However, Asians asked
“Drink more?” Westerns used tea as a noun when they ask, but Asians used the verb
‘to drink’ in the same situation. According to Pung Kaiping who is University of California,
Berkeley, Psychology professor, English language wanted to be cleared and specific.
Sometimes the teachers said "go and eat some fruits" then the kids said “which fruits do you
talking about?” That's how the kids in United States reacted, but in case of Chinese children,
they understood about what teacher said. Second, Westerners concentrated only about
question, but Asians considered with context. Participants had two pictures. One boy who is
in center is smiling in first picture, and the others are too. In second picture, the center boy
is smiling too, but the others look angry. Experimenters asked ‘Does that boy look happy in
second picture?’ to Westerners and Asians. Most Westerners said the boy is also happy, even
someone didn’t know what the difference is of two pictures. However, most Asians said ‘NO’
because they realized his face in context. Around the boy, all people look unhappy, so Asians
answered that way. This test was also the difference of Noun to Westerners and Verbs to
Asians. Westerners focused the question, so they thought only the boy that is the noun, but
Asians focused the situation that is connected with verb. In brief, Westerners considered
with nouns and events, but Asians conceived with verbs and contexts.
Reference
Images and Quotation: YANG, J. (Director). (2009). EBS DOCUFRIME EAST AND WEST Part 1 - NOUNS AND VERBS [Motion picture]. KOREA OF REPUBLIC.
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