Lenguaje y Pensamiento

HOW DOES OUR LANGUAGE SHAPE THE WAY WE THINK? - By Lera Boroditsky (Pulsen en el título para acceder al artículo)

For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at best untestable and more often simply wrong. Research in my labs at Stanford University and at MIT has helped reopen this question. We have collected data around the world: from China, Greece, Chile, Indonesia, Russia, and Aboriginal Australia. What we have learned is that people who speak different languages do indeed think differently and that even flukes of grammar can profoundly affect how we see the world. Language is a uniquely human gift, central to our experience of being human. Appreciating its role in constructing our mental lives brings us one step closer to understanding the very nature of humanity.

Interesante artículo que les puede complicar la vida al pensar sobre la difícil tarea que supone el leer literatura escrita en una lengua diferente de la vuestra... Claro, también les puede hacer sentirse orgullosos al haber demostrado su capacidad para pensar de maneras diferentes, para entender el mundo desde perspectivas diferentes.