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From: Colin Wright <colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com>
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HOW DOES OUR LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK? [6.12.09]
By Lera Boroditsky

Abstract:

For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at 
best untestable and more often simply wrong. Research in my labs at Stanford 
University and at MIT has helped reopen this question. We have collected data 
around the world: from China, Greece, Chile, Indonesia, Russia, and 
Aboriginal Australia. What we have learned is that people who speak different 
languages do indeed think differently and that even flukes of grammar can 
profoundly affect how we see the world. Language is a uniquely human gift, 
central to our experience of being human. Appreciating its role in 
constructing our mental lives brings us one step closer to understanding the 
very nature of humanity.

The author:

LERA BORODITSKY is an assistant professor of psychology, neuroscience, and 
symbolic systems at Stanford University, who looks at how the languages we 
speak shape the way we think.

http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html

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