linguistic relativity

How language shapes our perception of time and magnitude

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Languages lay time out along different spatial axes and build number words in different orders. Studies with speakers of Turkish, Aymara, Mandarin, German, English and other languages examine associations between these habits and temporal or numerical tasks. The review finds effects that are context-sensitive or developmental, and no evidence that language rigidly determines thought.

More refined typology and design in linguistic relativity: The case of motion event encoding

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Linguistic relativity is the influence of language on other realms of cognition. For instance, the way movement is expressed in a person’s native language may influence how they perceive movement. Motion event encoding (MEE) is usually framed as a …