Media: Does Your Language Shape How You Think?
| Submitter: |
Mfon Udoinyang
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| Submitter Email: | mfon@linguistlist.org |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
General Linguistics Cognitive Science |
| Media Body: |
Though the issue of whether our first language (or mother tongue) influences the way we think has been controversial, recent studies seem to suggest that this might indeed be the case. A New York Times article of August 26, 2010 by Guy Deutscher discusses this issue in detail: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?_r=1 |
| Issue Number: | 21.4033 |
| Date Posted: | October 12, 2010 |
