
Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought
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The Different Types of Languages
Every event needs to be construed in some way. In English, you could say John broke the vase or the vase broke. In Spanish, it's the non-agentive construction that's more canonical. Do these kinds of differences in how languages tend to describe events actually matter?
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