Does what we say influence what we think? Examining the effect of language across three domains : colour, number, space-and-time

• Main Authors: Tee, Shee Hui, Ooi, Zhi Heng, Wah, Claris Rou Lin
• Other Authors: Gu Qingyang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59873
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Linguistic determinism, a key feature of the Whorfian Hypothesis, proposes that the language we speak will influence our cognition. This happens when language biases us to use concepts that are coded in language over those that are not (weak form), or when language determines our cognition (strong f...