Sociology / Soc 0320 · Atom · ~20 seconds
"Language Determines Thought"
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The strong claim that language fixes the limits of thought is not supported: speakers routinely grasp distinctions their language does not encode in a single word.
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A bilingual worker lacking a one-word term for a concept in one language still uses that concept fluently at work.
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The evidence supports influence on habitual attention, not a ceiling on what can be thought.
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