Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think?


	Does the Language I Speak Influence the Way I Think?

cataphract

6-4-2007 1:17 AM

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6-5-2007 4:27 PM

Caleythia

Very interesting article. It's always interesting to read about how people think. Great clip.

6-12-2007 2:47 AM

clipan

Yes, it is even more interesting when you speak at least two languages, it's obvious you don't use them the same way!

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 have been paying special attention to it since the 1940's, when a linguist 
 named Benjamin Lee Whorf studied Hopi, a Native American language spoken 
 in northeastern Arizona. Based on his studies, Whorf claimed that speakers 
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 To some extent, it's a chicken-and-egg question: Are you unable to think
 about things you don't have words for, or do you lack words for them because
 you don't think about them? Part of the problem is that there is more involved
 than just language and thought; there is also culture. Your culture—the
 traditions, lifestyle, habits, and so on that you pick up from the people
 you live and interact with—shapes the way you think, and also shapes
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