Category: Language
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Linguistic Determinism
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An interesting topic that I recently learned about in my AP Psychology class and struggled to comprehend at first was that of linguistic determinism. This psychological concept is the theory that the language we grow up speaking and thinking in determines and limits our knowledge and thought processes. When I first learnt about this, I… Read more
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The World of Whistling Languages
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Today, I will be covering a different kind of language than I have previously, the world of whistling languages. In certain parts of the world, people communicate with what might seem like a simple call and response, but are in fact complete languages. By changing only the pitch and rhythm of whistles, speakers can express… Read more
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Growing up in a Bilingual Household
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Growing Up with Two Languages: What Mixed Households Mean for Kids As someone who can say they grew up in a bilingual environment, but not a household, I wondered what I was missing out on. I would always go to other kids’ houses where both parents and children switched seamlessly between two languages mid-conversation and… Read more
The New Anthropologist 