'Does Your Language Affects The Way We Think'

There are hundreds of languages in this world, but whether it shapes the way we think is rather debatable. Being able to speak multiple languages can give us opportunities and advantages in life. However, being restricted to one language can cause a barrier when speaking to those not fluent to the native language. The essay “Lost in Translation” by Lera Boroditsky, talks about how grammar can affect how we see the world (469). Similarly, Guy Deutscher an Israeli linguistic speaks about how language is the result of a matrix of cultural and social influence that help shape how we think about the world, in an excerpt called “Does Your Language Shape How You Think” (447). Betty Birner talks about the two sides of language and whether or not it affects how we think in her article “Does the language I speak influence the way I think?”.

Lastly, in the article called “How the Language We Speak Affects the Way We Think” by Antonio Benítez-Burraco shares his view on whether all human beings think in a similar way. I, like many other authors, also had an experience concerning language and how it changed my perspective of the world. Being able to speak English, Chinese, and Vietnamese gave me advantages here in America and I was able to help the ones who weren’t fluent in the native language. Although language doesn’t shape the way we think because behind each language holds a different culture, emotions, values, etc. There are words in different languages that can’t be translated so each experience in language varies from another. By learning and struggling through the experience of language; it can determine if it really changes the way we