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Language News: NPR covers language and numbers

Posted on February 11, 2011 by LingEducator

Intro linguistics students are always fascinated with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis–a theory about the degree to which language and thought intersect. Of course, empirical testing of this theory can be somewhat difficult, but a few notable studies have tried. Kay and … Continue reading →

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