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How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

TED Talks Society and Culture - April 11, 2018 15:54 - 14 minutes - Video ★★★★ - 687 ratings
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal ...