Thursday, 3 October 2013

Language and thought


Does your language shape how you think?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Can a concept exist without words to describe it?
http://www.economist.com/node/3104346 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13452711

After reading these articles, can you identify the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and its limits?

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