Here are 3 things people tend to get wrong about language

#linguistics #language #accents #dialects #pronunciation #LinguisticRelativity #SapirWhorfHypothesis #cognition #CognitiveScience #science #grammar #words

That’s what the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis suggests — and disinfo plays in that space.👇

#SapirWhorf #LinguisticRelativity #ThreadSeries

Inspired by—but extending—Boroditsky et al. (2003), these findings suggest that grammatical gender does not readily shape conceptual representations of gender-neutral objects.
#Linguisticrelativity #Grammaticalgender #Language #Thought #Cognitive

What a fascinating topic! The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests language shapes thought. As Dune's Paul Atreides said, "The mind commands, but the heart obeys." 🪐📚 #LinguisticRelativity What

Have you ever fallen in love — in Russian?
It’s unlike anything else. To experience it, read my poem «Влюбиться по-русски» (To Fall in Love — the Russian Way).

pkahl.substack.com/p/vlyubitsya...

#poetry #Russianlanguage #linguisticrelativity #emotionallanguage #cognitivelinguistics

En japonés es común omitir el agente: “El jarrón se rompió”.
Omitir el agente reduce la asignación automática de culpa y favorece un enfoque más orientado a la situación que a la persona.
Una ventaja poderosa; el idioma moldea nuestra percepción de la responsabilidad. #LinguisticRelativity

On #LinguisticRelativity, or the #SapirWhorfHypothesis in #Linguistics:

"Our Language, Our World", Aeon (aeon.co/essays/does-...).

#Language #Thought #Translation #Vocabulary #Lexicon #Semantics

Does Your Language Truly Shape Your Reality? Deconstructing the Enduring Debate

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Title: Highly gendered languages are linked to larger personality differences between men and women

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#Psychotherapy #LanguagePsychology #GenderDifferences #LinguisticRelativity #SpiritualityInPsychotherapy