Paper 4, Question 2
Language plays a huge role in everybody's lives. It does not matter what your background is, what language you speak, what country you're from, your religion, or your culture. The language will always be vital. The article's headline states that a Stanford researcher says that language can shape how we think. I agree with the researcher's statement. I think language plays a huge role in the way we think. The way we perceive language can affect the way we think. When we are presented with new information, that information has to go through the mental process which includes: perception, memory, and emotions. The language in which we are presented with new information affects the way we view it. Lea Borodlitsky is a researcher at Stanford University she spent many years of her life trying to find out if language can change the way we think. After studying for many years, she came to the conclusion that language does in fact change the way we think a...
