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21: The Secret Language of Cult Brands

Unseen Unknown

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The Relationship Between Language and Thought

There's a theory in linguistics called the superior word hypothesis, which talks about the relationship between language and thought. Most linguists tend to agree that language cannot determine thought. So can language change the way someone sees the world? Can it actually change someone's identity? No. You're still able to think things for which there is no language.

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