Korean students' features explained by relationships of language and logic

Korean students' features explained by relationships of language and logic

Kim Jeonghu

 

Abstract

 We illustrate our logics and thoughts using by only languages including what kind ever. At that point, I think there must be a relationship between that two, and there is. Languages are making the structures of logics, and logics function. However, it’s clear that environmental factors like cultural or home environmental ones also are important. Therefore, it’s possible to say that languages can be a cause which makes differences of Korean students to other students, but it’s not the only one.

 

Introduction

Before starting, we first need to check and define ‘what is logic’, because I’ll explain the relationship between logic and language. By searching, the definition of logic is that, reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity. However, it’s sometimes very ambiguous because people can have different reliable principles. That means, if someone has different basics or structure of principles, it’s hard to make or do a logical conversation or communication. As that, I’d like to change the definition of logic a little as like that, logic is reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity with ‘similar basics’.

 The similar basics contain many parts such as cultural, social background or even language. At the point of that, especially the language is quite important and essential part. Whole communications are based on some languages like English, Korean, Computing codes and so on. Also, the languages have each own rule, as a grammar, which nests the structure of thoughts or logics. If two persons using different languages without other signals like body language or emotional ones, it’s almost impossible to converse with each, and that can be said there cannot be formed any logics between them. By observing these, we can also say the logic is constructed by the communications.

 

Virtual experiment

 I prepared a virtual experiment for explaining the differences of logics by the languages. Let’s assume that there are two different languages, A and B. A’s tendency to explaining something is quite opposite to B, which A would prefer to say the specific one first and the rough as later. However, the B isn’t, that means B may tend to show the rough at first, then explaining specific ones. After assuming two languages, let’s say there are two students, A’ and B’, who are each using the language A and B as a mother tongue. In other words, student A’ can say using only A, and B’ can use only language B. Then, I’d like to imagine a situation which is questioning to each and answering.

           Q. Who are you?

A. I’m a person respecting Jong, taking a bioinformatics course, studying at UNIST, and living in Korea.

B. I’m a person living in Korean, studying at UNIST, taking a bioinformatics course, and respecting Jong.

 We can consider the A’s answer that the respecting part is a smaller and personal one then the others, and according to size, the course, UNIST and Korea are listed in order. In the A’ case, we may find the features of language A. As same way of A, it’s possible to find the ones of B in the case of B’.

 

Result

 In the above, we have a virtual experiment which helps to find the features of languages and logics by just a simple question and answers. Based on that, we can find there is a significant connection. That connection can be explained as that; languages would make some structures of logics and then logics can have a function on the conversations. Also, we can develop an extent it. A specific language has a specific format and logic structures and maybe there are suitable form of logic or principles to express efficiently. Furthermore, we can develop the concepts as like that, to explain something as well, it may be able to be better to use some proper languages for efficiency.

 

How does different language make a different student?

 The languages can make different logic systems, and that differences make multiplex persons. That means diversiform students can exist in same language using region, but it’s much important that more significant distinctions can be observed at different language using region comparing to other in average.

 

Social and cultural differences as factors

 Of course, the social, cultural and educational differences can affect to students such as SAT, school’s policy and so on. However, difference by each language is more basal and considered having more influences.

 

Discussion

 This suggestion is showing that language can affect to student and that affection can make differences to other students using another language. In case of English and Korean have quite distinctions so it’s possible to apply the suggestion, but predicting and judging the students’ tendency by just mother tongue can be dangerous. Individual experiences, educational and home environments may affect more to student’s attitude or more over, the lifestyle. So, it’s hard to think this suggestion as a good model or thoughts, but I think it still have a value for trial to explain the differences of students, especially Korean students.

 

Conclusion

 There are relationships between language and logic, and because of that, Korean students can be affected to the logical structures. However, it’s impossible to consider except the environmental factors like cultural backgrounds so it’s complicated.

 

References

Google search, ‘what is logic’ / https://www.google.co.kr/#q=what+is+logic