How language shapes the way we think - Lera Boroditsky
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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? Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language that suggest the answer is a resounding yes.
How can a language’s grammatical gendering of words affect how people think of those words?
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