Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Futureless language
Just watch this interesting TED talk about the link between your propensity to save and the language you speak. I have never learned a language that didn't have very distinct past, present, and future tenses. I have always been interested in linguistics, and this is no exception. If this guy is correct, it will be interesting to see how he would go about helping people think about the future differently, or if it is even possible without completely changing our language. Really makes you think. . .
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wow that really does change your way of thinking. it's kind of crazy how that works, but i guess i understand a little bit because when i was in spanish it was the same and that is why it was so hard for me to pick up on the concept because they say like i'm full of heat instead of i am hot. still kind of confused where it makes people less obese and less likely to smoke though.
ReplyDeleteI guess I just find it weird how a diffrent language can change your way of living. especially in the smoking and weight category. I wonder if there is a way to speak english, so it is a futureless language. That would be nice for some people.
ReplyDeleteThis video made me feel like it's just another good thing that I live in America. It seems like having to say all of that information, like the example he gave with his uncle, would be really hard to have to stick with. I am very ADD already, and having to listen to all of that information just to know that he is your uncle, would drive me absolutely insane. But then again there are tons of grammatical error that you could make with our language too. It's just how you perceive it.
ReplyDeleteThis video was cool and weird at the same time it really makes you think about languages.Like KK said Spanish is a good example of it. Where you live and the language you speck can change your life and the way you are its strange but i can also see why in some ways.
ReplyDeleteI really do think that his hypothesis makes a lot of sense and I guess that this could be a cause for why I have always seen families in Europe being more stable. They seem to be more financially stable as well as mentally stable with less tress and worries about the future. I liked how he gave some background on the Mandarin language as compared to English
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