Blogs about: Sapir Whorf
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Why Computational Linguistics?
I was thinking about what to say to a student who is contemplating a career in computational linguistics. How can I convey my enthusiasm? How can I explain my fascination with language? Here are some … more →
Apperceptual
Language and thoughts
todcra wrote 2 days ago: The well-known Sapir Whorf hypothesis is more than 50 years old; however, as told in this recent New … more →
We are who we say we are
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forwearemany wrote 2 weeks ago: This is a good article on literary darwinism, or at least one that agrees with my preconceived notio … more →
Language and Cognitive Processess: Commentary on Carruthers 2009
Tarun wrote 1 month ago: The following is an abstraction and commentary on the article “Language in Cognition” by … more →
How to Be an Innovator, Part 10
Dee Wilcox wrote 4 months ago: In the last edition of How to Be an Innovator, we talked about increasing our capacity for creativit … more →
A little more about my Thesis.
anewnadir wrote 10 months ago: Jessica asked me to talk a little more about my thesis topic for my Philosophy major. I’m one … more →
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
jhorna wrote 10 months ago: Whorf’s analysis of the differences between English and (in one famous instance) the Hopi lang … more →
Does Thought Precede Language?
Paul wrote 10 months ago: In this article from Nature magazine, psychologist Paul Bloom discusses research suggesting that inf … more →
A weekend in Boston
Jason Adams wrote 11 months ago: So I spent the last weekend in Boston. I stayed at the very enjoyable Inn at Harvard. I was remind … more →
Up the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
erikwdavis wrote 1 year ago: I’ve not normally found the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis very compelling. The idea that language det … more →
Why Computational Linguistics?
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Peter Turney wrote 1 year ago: I was thinking about what to say to a student who is contemplating a career in computational linguis … more →
Business
codybaldwin wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the video’s, sorry for the wait on Speewah. Two documentaries. Speewah (Part 1) … more →
Language Affects Perception
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Peter Turney wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an update to my post on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. Lera Boroditsky answered the questi … more →
Comparing Grammars
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Marcio Rocha Pereira wrote 1 year ago: What makes one grammar better than the other? To think about programming languages helps answering t … more →
my take on Sapir-Whorf: are the things you think forced on you by the language you speak?
Marcio Rocha Pereira wrote 1 year ago: Thought is neither determined by language nor independent of it. Even then, the relationship between … more →
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Peter Turney wrote 2 years ago: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is sometimes expressed as “language determines thought”. This … more →
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