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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.

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@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 (denoting and as basic colours).

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@LupinoArts @mapto @appassionato @linguistics It is not as easy as that. A proper experiment on this (like the one by Maier and Abdel Rahman I am alluding to) does not require the probands to name the colour. Instead, shapes in different shades of blue are presented and the task is to recognise the SHAPE of the objects. Due to the short reaction time some objects are missed by the test persons. 1/2

jk ,
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@mapto @LupinoArts @appassionato @linguistics Yes, it is.

pgcd , to linguistics
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@linguistics while (re)reading Pratchett I have developed the strong feeling that when one of the characters says "our Nellie" or "our Jason", the effect is similar to Northern Italian "la Agnese" o "il Gianni" - that is, a colloquialism when referring to a common acquaintance, not necessarily a family member.
Can somebody who speaks both confirm or deny this?

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quincy , to random
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(e.g. (very colloquial) germanic verbs)

where the information is mainly conveyed by prefixes while the stem is more or less a dummy / just sets the mood

as in "rumgurken" which has nothing at all to do with cucumbers

is there a name for that?

jk ,
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@quincy Ich geb das mal an @linguistics – irgendwer wird schon einen Begriff dafür geprägt haben.

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