How Language Shapes the Way We Think

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December 5, 2023 a project of ServiceSpace If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein - How Language Shapes the Way We Think 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." { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out this talk by Michael Corballis, "Evolution's Great Mystery: Language." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Egg: A Short Story By Andy Weir 17 Things I Would Do Differently A New Hotline for a Pep Talk from Kindergartners Retriever of Souls How Newness Enters the World Calligraphy-- A Sacred Tradition The Anatomy of Anxiety Living in the Time of Dying DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 154,507 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More