Language catalyzes thought as it enables, facilitates, and discourages different thinking chains and pathways naturally due to structure. Finnish has more verb precision than English, but English has better nouns and adjectives.
But to make statements on morality, I think you would need to control for culture.
As an example, I’m quieter when I speak Finnish. But that has nothing to do with Finnish having an inherent volume. It has to do with Finnish culture, which I was immersed in whenever I spoke or listened to Finnish.
I also get more laid back when I talk with someone from Mississippi because that’s how it was and how I was when I lived there. Is a regional accent “language,” or is it a memory connecting a culture or experience to the present moment? Maybe both?
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Reply to How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language - fascinating ethical shifts come with thinking in a different language by fonliahea1994
Language catalyzes thought as it enables, facilitates, and discourages different thinking chains and pathways naturally due to structure. Finnish has more verb precision than English, but English has better nouns and adjectives.
But to make statements on morality, I think you would need to control for culture.
As an example, I’m quieter when I speak Finnish. But that has nothing to do with Finnish having an inherent volume. It has to do with Finnish culture, which I was immersed in whenever I spoke or listened to Finnish.
I also get more laid back when I talk with someone from Mississippi because that’s how it was and how I was when I lived there. Is a regional accent “language,” or is it a memory connecting a culture or experience to the present moment? Maybe both?