There are many conceptions as to how the language we speak impacts our way of thinking. The power of language is undeniable and it is appropriate to distinguish some related theories.
Benjamin Lee Whorf, a lecturer at Yale University, reported that Native American languages forced their speakers to understand the reality in an entirely different way so that they would not comprehend some of our basic concepts. Ever since, there is no evidence that any language limits its speakers to think anything (Deutscher 2). However, we should look at that issue from another direction to discover how our mother tongue does form our perception of the world. For instance, people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to perceive the world differently. The mind develops a habit of specifying the geography because of the necessity to mention those all along. In this way, Guy Deutscher, the author of the article emphasizes that the way we think is tightly connected with habits of mind based on the language we speak. …show more content…
The author focuses on the term frame which is a mental structure that develops our perception of the world and reframing is a social change. The strict father frame focuses on a promise of the threat or reward from an authoritarian figure. On the other hand, the nurturing parent frame is based on the human’s equity, restitution and justness (Lakoff 3). Both terms are connected with politics, but in totally different ways. According to Lakoff, hypocognition is our incapacity to comprehend the idea for which we have no framework. This was typified by the image of an advertisement which has the linguistic message by itself (Barthes
Benjamin Lee Whorf, a lecturer at Yale University, reported that Native American languages forced their speakers to understand the reality in an entirely different way so that they would not comprehend some of our basic concepts. Ever since, there is no evidence that any language limits its speakers to think anything (Deutscher 2). However, we should look at that issue from another direction to discover how our mother tongue does form our perception of the world. For instance, people who speak languages that rely primarily on geographic coordinates seem to perceive the world differently. The mind develops a habit of specifying the geography because of the necessity to mention those all along. In this way, Guy Deutscher, the author of the article emphasizes that the way we think is tightly connected with habits of mind based on the language we speak. …show more content…
The author focuses on the term frame which is a mental structure that develops our perception of the world and reframing is a social change. The strict father frame focuses on a promise of the threat or reward from an authoritarian figure. On the other hand, the nurturing parent frame is based on the human’s equity, restitution and justness (Lakoff 3). Both terms are connected with politics, but in totally different ways. According to Lakoff, hypocognition is our incapacity to comprehend the idea for which we have no framework. This was typified by the image of an advertisement which has the linguistic message by itself (Barthes