Language, Thought and Reality
Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak.
@appassionato@bookstodon@linguistics Well, that's a bit too much of hype, because there is very little evidence that Whorf's basic thesis is relevant in the real world. The only artefact I am aware of is a study on colour perception that is different for speakers of languages like Russian that have two words for #blue (denoting #azure and #indigo as basic colours).