Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0320 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Language Determines Thought"
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The idea
The strong claim that language fixes the limits of thought is not supported: speakers routinely grasp distinctions their language does not encode in a single word.
In practice
A bilingual worker lacking a one-word term for a concept in one language still uses that concept fluently at work.
Where people slip
The evidence supports influence on habitual attention, not a ceiling on what can be thought.
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