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How does our language shape the way we think? →
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.
Stephen Pinker would disagree (on the significance of the effect, if not on whether it exists at all).
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Indeed, Daniel. Please allow me to quote the intro of a paper I apparently wrote on this very subject—On-Color...
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I’m sorry, but this doesn’t advance the Whorfian argument in any way. The issue isn’t proving that different language...
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Stephen Pinker would disagree (on the significance of the effect, if not on whether it exists at all).
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