Do Languages Confer Different Personalities? - 3 views
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Ms Bleyberg on 07 Nov 13Recent research on bilingualism, biculturalism and personality.
Could Your Language Affect Your Ability to Save Money? - 0 views
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A great TED talk on how the language you speak affects the likelihood you will save money. A great real life example of linguistic relativism in action!
The Secret Life of the Brain - 0 views
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A documentary series on how babies and children acquire language
Shakespeare Original Pronunciation - 2 views
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A video presented by David Crystal, British linguist, and his son Ben, a Shakespearean actor, on how Shakespeare's words should be pronounced and the meanings that are lost due to modern audiences and readers not understanding some of the puns and other language effects Shakespeare intended.
History of the English Language - 0 views
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A documentary presented by Melvyn Bragg on the evolution of the English language.
Before Babel - 0 views
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A documentary on the origin of language.
Clip from Stephen Fry's Planet Word on the Use of Language in Nazi Germany - 1 views
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A commentary on the power of language to persuade
Steven Pinker - RSA - 0 views
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Condensed version of Steven Pinker's longer video on language and the brain. Animated to illustrate ideas.
Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain - 2 views
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A 50-minute lecture on language as an insight to cognitive processes, thought, culture, brain structure and more.
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A 50 minute lecture by world famous cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker on what the study of linguistics can tell us about the ways in which our brains work.
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - 2 views
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An 8 minute video on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
Linguistic Relativism and Linguistic Determinism - 1 views
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Short video on linguistic determinism and linguistic relativism.
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A short video introducing these key concepts.
Genie: The Story of A Wild Child - 1 views
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A case study on Genie, a 'feral' child who was not taught language during her critical period and never learnt how to communicate properly through language. The study of Genie lends support to the Critical Period Hypothesis which states that if children don't learn language in infancy, they will never learn to speak / communicate in language fully.
Information on Meerkat Communication - 0 views
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Research on animal communication Knowledge questions: Is animal communication a language? To what extent can animals use language? In what ways is human intelligence different from animal intelligence?
Summary of Research on Animal Communication - 0 views
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Good summary on the experiments on animal communication that have been done with results and conclusion.
Steven Pinker: RSA Animate Talk on Language and Thought - 1 views
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An illustrated video on the relationship between language and thought, especially the social functions of language such as indirect speech acts and phatic language.
Steven Pinker on Language and Thought - 1 views
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Pinker on how our speech gives away much more about our thought processes than previously understood.
5 examples of how the languages we speak can affect the way we think - 1 views
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Five TED talks, including Keith Chen's on how the Chinese language encourages Chinese people to save more money for the future than speakers of other languages such as English, on how language can affect how we think.
Security Council Agrees on Resolution to Rid Syria of Chemical Arms - 0 views
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This article relates to decisions and splits by different leaders of different countries with varying approaches to the same problem. It is ToK related as it shows how different views can come together to work out a logical decision.
Google reveals new search upgrade - 0 views
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Interesting article on update to Google's algorithm to make it more flexible and 'human' in order to allow it to better adapt to user's search needs.
Big Data Medicine - 0 views
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This article is TOK relevant because it provides a real life example of how knowledge generated in biology and physics are interrelated and how they can help progress knowledge in each field. Knowledge Question: How do we decide when we have enough data to justify making a prediction in the natural sciences?