Language Shapes the Way People Think and Behave - 0 views
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Language is part of culture and culture has an effect on the way a person thinks, which initiates behaviors
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Several languages have grammatical gender systems, which the English language does not have. For example, inanimate objects have genders in German, Russian, Spanish or French.
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Colors are distinguished differently in other languages. In some languages, there are no separate names for orange and yellow even if the people know that there are differences between these two colors
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The difference in the way languages define colors directly affect the way speakers give meaning pertaining to colors
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People use language daily in order to celebrate, communicate, negotiate, learn, legislate, document and argue. You use language each time you need to express something
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International communication and global business are also affected by languages, thus the pressing needs for localization. To effectively do business in other countries, a company must be able to deliver messages to their employees and target audiences in a language that can be correctly and clearly understood
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If you look at the similarities and differences between languages, you’ll be able to discover clues on what constitute proper and improper behaviors.
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The way speakers interpret the things they feel, hear and see can be complicated because it is influences by personal experiences, norms, cultural rules, traditions and languages. Thoughts come from words and these thoughts initiate behaviors.
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The study of linguistics opens a way to better understand languages – how they are spoken and the people who speak them, which lead to an understanding of how society operates. Linguistics also helps to improve society.
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Linguists combine different methods from several scientific fields of study such as computational, biological and psychological techniques, aside from the theoretical or documentary field.