Does the language we speak change the way we think? This TED talk by Lera Boroditsky looks at how language structures like gendered nouns, or the way directions are described, might shape they way speakers of those languages think about things:
This talk was cited by Bill Venables in his excellent keynote talk at the useR!2018 conference, where he also presented the results of an elegant designed experiment that looked at the influence of gendered nouns by comparing languages without gendered nouns (like Hungarian) with those that have multiple genders for nouns like Spanish (which has feminine and masculine nouns) and German (which adds neuter nouns, for three genders total).
That's all from us for this week. Have a great weekend, and we'll be back next week. Enjoy!
Computer programming languages syntax and common classes shape the solution and way of thinking about a problem too.
Knock on effect is that the programming language syntax and common classes influence the total monetary cost of implementing a solution and then keeping it in production during its lifetime.
Posted by: Rudy | July 13, 2018 at 19:22
100% agree with having a 2nd language is having a 2nd soul. I often say that I am ESL (English as a second language) with C# being my first.
Quite excellent video. Sharing. :)
Posted by: Mike-EEE | July 13, 2018 at 21:55