[ola] Re: Words and cognition
- From: Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:24:14 -0700
Follow up:
Here's an interesting exercise:
Try vacating your mind of all language. What happens is that you stop thinking
about things in terms of identification and begin to experience them in terms
of pure sensory input. Fascinating...
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El 25/03/2012, a las 15:41, Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> I also posted this on the OLA fb page, but for those of you who don't often
> check it or don't have it, wanted to share it with you as well.
>
> http://www.radiolab.org/2010/aug/09/
>
> It would seem that, without language, we are essentially incapable of thought.
>
> Check out this Radiolab episode about words, their meaning to us, and what
> happens when we don't have them. Personally, I both cried and was inspired.
>
> Questions I'm left with:
>
> 1. If having words gives us the ability to connect ideas and form thoughts,
> what is the implication for speakers of multiple languages? Theories exist
> for interlanguage (two or more languages operating together as one language).
> Do our languages interact and give us one full language system, or are they
> separate?
>
> 2. What are the cognitive implications for speakers (thinkers) of multiple
> languages? There's plenty of research out there about this, curious what
> y'all think...
>
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