How Language Shapes The Way We Think Lera Boroditsky Ted

How Language Shapes The Way We Think Lera Boroditsky Ted Youtube 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 thin. 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.

How Language Shapes The Way We Thinkв Lera Boroditsky вђ C Here is the full text and summary of lera boroditsky’s talk titled “how language shapes the way we think”. transcript: lera boroditsky – cognitive scientist. so, i’ll be speaking to you using language because i can. this is one of these magical abilities that we humans have. we can transmit really complicated thoughts to one another. Language is central to our experience of being human, and the languages we speak profoundly shape the way we think, the way we see the world, the way we live our lives. notes. 1 s. c. levinson and d. p. wilkins, eds., grammars of space: explorations in cognitive diversity (new york: cambridge university press, 2006). 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. 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.