Linguistic Relativity: How Language Shapes Thought @sprouts
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Linguistic relativity theory suggests that the languages we use influence how we think.. Because languages have different structures and words to describe the world, people pay attention to different things when speaking them - from here stems the idea that language shapes thought.

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Script: Ludovico Saint Amour di Chanaz and Jonas Koblin
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Matt Abbott
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Production: Selina Bador
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda

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SOURCES
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lee_Whorf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814782

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Perception of language
01:22 Perception of time
01:57 Effect on memory
02:45 Cultural echoes
03:16 Self-reflections
03:52 Linguistic relativism
04:28 Benjamin Lee Whorf
04:57 What do you think?
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06:30 Patrons credits
06:40 Ending

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