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Uncle Joe

(58,300 posts) Tue Sep 14, 2021, 08:18 PM Sep 2021

How language shapes the way we think Lera Boroditsky

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How language shapes the way we think Lera Boroditsky (Original Post) Uncle Joe Sep 2021 OP

Another example is shown by the English word "glove" Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #1

Fortinbras Armstrong

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1. Another example is shown by the English word "glove"

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:49 AM

Sep 2021

The German word is "Handschuh" -- "hand shoe", which shows a relationship which simply doesn't exist in English.

I understand that the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, which says that one's language determines the way one thinks, has gone out of fashion. However, I believe that one's language influences the way one thinks. I know that for some things, I can express myself more easily in German than I can in English, even though my ability to speak German is inferior to my ability in English.

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