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> A language shapes your identity because it literally gives the grammar to your thoughts. So does your 'identity' (whatever that is) change half way through
by throwaway210222 5y ago
> A language shapes your identity because it literally gives the grammar to your thoughts.
So does your 'identity' (whatever that is) change half way through the sentence. In you head?
Are you literally a different person at either end of your sentence?
SMH.
- Aerroon 5y agoWhat? No. The change happens when you learn the language and start thinking in those concepts. It's like learning mathematics or programming: once you learn them, you notice the patterns elsewhere in life too. I don't think the difference in natural languages is as big as with learning programming or mathematics, but I imagine that there's some difference.
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