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Studying grammar is studying the building blocks of what defines the way think about reality —- language. The article calls stickler anyone who’s interested in the intricacies of grammar. Multiple times.

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> language defines the way we think about reality

citation needed :)

Here it is. https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shape...

:)

It's cute how you resolve (!) a debate that encompasses linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neurology, and maybe a couple other sciences with a single link to some TED talk.

That's basically the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, and it's been largely rejected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

https://www.amazon.com/Through-Language-Glass-Different-Lang...

The strong form has been rejected. Not weaker forms.

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