example of lanuage and perception
Language molds your thinking in a certain way, but it is very subtle. For example if your language has one word for blue and green, you would still know blue does not look like green. [ If your language expresses ''loose fit'' and ''tight fit'' this does not generally improve your ability to judge which things fit into each other better.
There is a difference in perception best seen in bilinguals. They are more open to ideas. They know a word and a meaning just happen to go together, but that this is entirely artificial. Research has shown bilinguals are less field dependent. That means in
a context with background noise they can find a specific detail more easily. To put it bluntly, a language pushes you into a certain mental tunnel. It uses patterns and protocols. That is of course needed. If you had no structure what so ever, anything would go and you would waste time. Think about it. You automatically assume an expression is what it is. Only if the meaning is very unlikely, you stop and think to reconsider.
This can also be a disadvantage. You can overlook something because you are so used to thinking in a certain way. In other words, language in the broadest sense makes you think on your feet, but it allows mistakes also. ]
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