Linguistic Relativity: How Language Shapes Thought

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Linguistic relativity theory suggests that the languages we use influence how we think.. Because languages have different structures and words to describe the world, people pay attention to different things when speaking them - from here stems the idea that language shapes thought.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lee_Whorf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814782/

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Perception of language
01:22 Perception of time
01:57 Effect on memory
02:45 Cultural echoes
03:16 Self-reflections
03:52 Linguistic relativism
04:28 Benjamin Lee Whorf
04:57 What do you think?
05:16 Sponsor: Wiseone
06:30 Patrons credits
06:40 Ending

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