An essay on the SWH in all but name.
HOW DOES OUR LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK? 6.12.09
By Lera Boroditsky
Abstract:
For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at
best untestable and more often simply wrong. Research in my labs at Stanford
University and at MIT has helped reopen this question. We have collected data
around the world: from China, Greece, Chile, Indonesia, Russia, and
Aboriginal Australia. 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. Language is a uniquely human gift,
central to our experience of being human. Appreciating its role in
constructing our mental lives brings us one step closer to understanding the
very nature of humanity.
The author:
LERA BORODITSKY is an assistant professor of psychology, neuroscience, and
symbolic systems at Stanford University, who looks at how the languages we
speak shape the way we think.
http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html
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