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Some people think in words, some in images.
I suspect that most people think in a combination of the two.
This is the old Sapir-Worf hypothesis: a hypothesis holding that the structure of a language affects the perceptions of reality of its speakers and thus influences their thought patterns and worldviews - from Dictionary.com
I don't see how there could be thoughts without language ( both consists of words ), so I assume the feral child wouldn't have thoughts, just feelings.
Do you use words or images to think your way through a jigsaw puzzle?I came across this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_thinking
Peace be on you..... Does Language influence the way they think and perceive the world?...............
Edit: As clarification. Does someone who speaks one language, think fundamentally different then a person who thinks another?
not proven false, though the 'strong interpretation' did fall out of favor for a while. now linguists are reconsidering. See Boroditsky's article, linked from post #26.Yes, but the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis has been essentially proven false after it's initial surge in popularity. The fact that we can translate between most languages is proof of that.
Good thread!So, I am currently taking a class in linguistics and we had this debate a few days ago, and I wanted to share this with others and see what everyone's opinions were on it. The question posed to us was: Does Language influence the way they think and perceive the world?
I find this a very intriguing topic of discussion, and a good argument can be made for either case. Go ahead and select the answer that you agree with most from the poll and then defend your position!
May the odds be ever in your favor!
Edit: As clarification. Does someone who speaks one language, think fundamentally different then a person who thinks another?
Wikipedia from Spiny's link. "Real picture thinkers", those persons who use visual thinking almost to the exclusion of other kinds of thinking, make up a smaller percentage of the population. Research by child development theorist Linda Kreger Silverman suggests that less than 30% of the population strongly uses visual/spatial thinking, another 45% uses both visual/spatial thinking and thinking in the form of words, and 25% thinks exclusively in words. According to Kreger Silverman, of the 30% of the general population who use visual/spatial thinking, only a small percentage would use this style over and above all other forms of thinking, and can be said to be 'true' "picture thinkers".[2]"I came across this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_thinking
No.Is our language our operating system?
Not sure about this. Certainly, Helen Keller, the famous deaf-blind-mute person, described thinking very differently as a child, until Teacher managed to finally convey to her that there were symbols that could mean something, mean the experiences she had and thought in. From her description, she most definitely was a visual thinker--who had been robbed of the sensory inputs needed to create the associations of language.So a feeling is not a thought? Judgements cannot be made on feeling? Would the feral child "know" not to eat a certain kind of berry, would that not constitute a thought?
Do you use words or images to think your way through a jigsaw puzzle?
not proven false, though the 'strong interpretation' did fall out of favor for a while. now linguists are reconsidering. See Boroditsky's article, linked from post #26.
language is based on culture and culture is based on environment; so yes in some aspects. someone living in a desert environment, could probably not always related to someone living in a forest environment, a plains person would not necessarily know how to relate in some aspects to a person raised and living in a mountainous environment.So, I am currently taking a class in linguistics and we had this debate a few days ago, and I wanted to share this with others and see what everyone's opinions were on it. The question posed to us was: Does Language influence the way they think and perceive the world?
I find this a very intriguing topic of discussion, and a good argument can be made for either case. Go ahead and select the answer that you agree with most from the poll and then defend your position!
May the odds be ever in your favor!
Edit: As clarification. Does someone who speaks one language, think fundamentally different then a person who thinks another?
Does someone who speaks one language, think fundamentally different then a person who thinks another?
So, I am currently taking a class in linguistics and we had this debate a few days ago, and I wanted to share this with others and see what everyone's opinions were on it. The question posed to us was: Does Language influence the way they think and perceive the world?
I find this a very intriguing topic of discussion, and a good argument can be made for either case. Go ahead and select the answer that you agree with most from the poll and then defend your position!
May the odds be ever in your favor!
Edit: As clarification. Does someone who speaks one language, think fundamentally different then a person who thinks another?
"We find these results to be convincing evidence that linguistic coding is both a facilitator of a specific cognitive style and a bottleneck, constraining mental representations in line with the output modality...There are many other results that support the idea that linguistic coding has an effect on nonlinguistic cognition...The language or languages that one speaks, has no influence over the thoughts and perceptions of that person and the world around them.