Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

New York Times | Aug. 26, 2010

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 by Brian Curd - Aug. 27, 2010

A rather interesting article on the way a person's language shapes the way they think about things. Of particular note is author's discussion on languages which don't rely on relative directions (such as behind, to the left, etc.) but only on geographic directions and the uncanny knack people using these languages have to always know which direction is which.

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