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Do we think differently in different languages?

Do we think differently in different languages?

How much of an impact does the language you speak have on how you actually think?

  • Do We Think in Words? (Listen on BBC Sounds)

Made by Silverfish Films, originally published on 24 October 2019

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    29 August 2024
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