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| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5669 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 1 of 10 12 April 2010 at 11:18am | IP Logged | ||
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There is some early research that seems to point out that the language we speak affects the things we focus on. One interesting example is that when shown pictures of a car driving along a road, English speakers tend to look at the road, whereas German speakers looked at the destination - and the research suggests that it is language differences that cause that.
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| Blunderstein Triglot Pro Member Sweden schackhandeln.se Joined 5418 days ago 60 posts - 82 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, FrenchB2 Studies: German, Esperanto Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 10 12 April 2010 at 12:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks!
That's the most interesting thing I've read about languages in a long time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jenniferqi Diglot Newbie China Joined 5343 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English, Mandarin* Studies: French, German | Message 3 of 10 12 April 2010 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanaks for sharing this interesting website,this research is somehow answered my questions I wonder for a long time.Thanks a lot!
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| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 4 of 10 12 April 2010 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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So... does this mean if you speak multiple languages you are...
Awesome? Yes. Yes I believe that is what this research means. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6368 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 10 12 April 2010 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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This pioneering Czech academic wouldn't happen to be you, would it? :o
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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5381 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 6 of 10 12 April 2010 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | ||
Another research that proves nothing new ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5669 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 10 12 April 2010 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||
Hahaha :-) Alas, I am the wrong nationality and wrong gender (you can check for yourself what I look and sound like). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5696 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 8 of 10 12 April 2010 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting read, though at first glance, cultural differences strike me as a better explanation for the cited road example. We know people from different cultural backgrounds have different habits whereas we are still unsure to what extent or if at all linguistic differences manifest themselves in the cognitive process. I'm sure the actual research paper accounts for this and is more explicit.
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