How language shapes the way we think | Lera B...

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If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it's your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path from a chance airport encounter through a career writing iconic novels and opening a beloved independent bookstore, she makes the ...  Show more

Are there really dozens of words for snow in northern cultures? What did the movie Arrival have to do with language and cognition? Why are Russians better than Americans at distinguishing certain shades of blue? And what does any of this have to do with space, time, gender, and h ...  Show more

Bienvenue dans notre treizième shot de philo. En moins de 5 minutes, nous allons te donner les clés d'une notion centrale du programme : le langage. Peut-on penser sans langage ? L’expression des pensées est-elle l’unique but du langage ? → Si langage et pensée peuvent être disti ...  Show more

One of the oldest technologies we have is language. How do the words we use influence the way we think?The media can talk about immigrants scurrying across the border, versus immigrants crossing the border. Or we might hear about technology platforms censoring us, versus moderati ...  Show more

What is the strangest language in the world? Many linguists believe that all languages share certain universal rules and features. They believe that humans have innate or natural grammar that we are born with. However, there is a language from South America which is so strange an ...  Show more