How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language — from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian — that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. “The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is,” Boroditsky says. “Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000.”
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Russians also have "salatoviy" – light green
Салатовый
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I believe language also has a great impact on emotions of a person .
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Stick and stones may break my bones—but WORDS CAN KILL.
POV: Your watching for english culminating
what is the main idea if you can explain it in our own words
I am in love with Urdu language..
4:55 yeap if you speaking Arabic from right to left ,I can speak English Arabic Turkish also some Russian but still because Arabic is my mother language right to left some time
This call to action for expansion of human understanding through language is very powerful. Another medium you can see this theme in is the movie Arrival.
This was a language development theory put forward by BENJAMIN WHORF. But, this theory is now proved to be FALSE!.
I repeat, the LANGUAGE RELATIVITY THEORY IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROVEN TO BE FALSE!.
Eskimos have 4 shades of snow they can express in their language whereas normal English has around 2, but that does not mean that a normal English speaker can not distinguish between different shades of white in snow If the SITUATION DEMANDS.
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CURRENT PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEW:- IT'S EASIER TO EXPRESS SOME IDEAS IN ONE LANGUAGE THAN ANOTHER, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE CULTURE PEOPLE CAN NOT THINK LIKE ANOTHER IF THE SITUATION DEMANDS.
A more correct statement for the aboriginal group mentioned would be that time is connected to the sun and the direction of it’s path across the landscape.
I always think about how language can effect on our thought
اكثر ما اعجبني هاتين الجملتين:
*كل ما نعرفه عن العقل البشري تمت دراسته من قبل متحدثين باللغة الانجليزية(وهذه مشكلة نحن السبب فيها)
*اللغة التي تتحدث بها تحدد طريقة تفكيرك
her speaking is so clear and comfortable to listen to. And the way she used the words is also easy to understand. I like the way she bring out the subject and how she transmited her research and thought. Thank you. This is an interesting topic.
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Incredible 1 language lost a week
My mother tongue is Cantonese and i speak English fluently. I tend to speak English with bright and powerful voice, but Cantonese with laid back and monotone voice.
Tamil people too uses the east west north south direction method on these days too….
I love the fact that she explained what "talking" is.
I would rather use the word 'influence' than shape.
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It happened to me yesterday with my boyfriend (he is native: English and German) and I am spanish native speaker. He said: "you left the chicken in the oven" and I said "the chicken stayed in the oven". It is impressive how we keep those structures in our head, even if we are using a different language than ours. Amazing TEDTALK!
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Whorfian patterning. Nothing new here.
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in a nutshell
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In Hebrew, there is a word for light blue (תכלת) and just blue (ככול).
Correct me if I’m wrong, Hebrew is my second language.