Linguistic Determinism

Does our language determine how we can think, or can we think about things our language can't frame? In this week's episode, we talk about linguistic determinism: who came up with the hypothesis, what its implications are, and whether a stronger or weaker version best matches the facts. This is Topic #22! This week's tag language: Navajo! Some further info about policies influenced by ideas linking language and thought: http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/... http://www.anb.org/articles/14/14-006... (A biography of early linguist William Dwight Whitney, a strong proponent of such policies) Or if you like Wikipedia, you can try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguist... Find us on all the social media worlds: Tumblr: thelingspace.tumblr.com Twitter: @TheLingSpace Facebook: www.facebook.com/thelingspace/ And at our website, www.thelingspace.com! Our website also has extra content about this week's topic at www.thelingspace.com/episode-22/ We also have forums to discuss this episode, and linguistics more generally. Looking forward to next week!