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36. how language shapes the way we think
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- Wild Geese
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- Sep 30, 2025
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- 1576
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Summary
Does language shape the way we perceive reality? Can Indigenous wisdom shine a light on a different way forward??! RESOURCES MENTIONED: - Lingthusiasm - The Hatred of Metaphor - Briana Nà Loingsigh's Substack - WordsatWork Tiktok - The Balkanization and Babelification of the Internet - Babaylan, Bye Bye Lang - Hopi Time Controversy - Our Language, Our World - Braiding Sweetgrass 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email [email protected] TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Craftsy Sponsorship 02:23 Learning Spanish 04:44 Comparative Historical Linguistics vs linguistic relativity 05:33 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis06:55 Conceptual metaphors in the english language08:47 The Irish language understanding of time and emotions09:55 How language changes our sense of morality 11:18 the etymology of the word 'culture'12:20 Internet sub-cultures fracturing language14:08 dog whistles 14:54 the grammar of animacy19:20 does language actually change the way we perceive reality?22:35 the somatics of language 25:20 embodying the grammar of animacy