How the Languages We Speak Shape the Ways We Think

Humans communicate with one another using around 7000 different languages, and each language differs from the rest in a myriad ways. How do the languages we speak shape the ways we think? Does learning new languages change the way you think? When you’re learning a new language, are you merely learning a new way of expressing your thoughts, or are the new ways of talking actually shaping the very thoughts you wish to express?

 

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