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This author makes the case that a language may be inherently better or worse at expressing certain notions. https://lithub.com/on-living-and-thinking-in-two-la
by ibejoeb 8y ago
This author makes the case that a language may be inherently better or worse at expressing certain notions.
https://lithub.com/on-living-and-thinking-in-two-languages-at-once/ https://lithub.com/on-living-and-thinking-in-two-languages-a...
- jcims 8y agoI always wonder if our language can influence our actual behavior. For example, think of all the different ways you feel ‘hungry’. Well, what do you do when you’re hungry, you ‘eat’. Is it possible that your decision to ‘eat’ becomes independent from the impetus and a goal of its own? To the point where you’re now preparing food to ‘eat’ rather then to precisely address the sensation/discomfort that led you to that decision to begin with? In other words, is it possible that languages that allow you to more or less precisely describe/categorize something effect how we think about them and ultimately act in response?