Related video which I just remembered: https://youtu.be/CmZdGo6b5yA?si=k67_azS5gwUvQJuq
So it seems languages might not change how you think, but might be able to emphasize certain aspects of things like you allude to (I believe).
So it seems languages might not change how you think, but might be able to emphasize certain aspects of things like you allude to (I believe).
"African time" and its relation to language: https://wireilla.com/physics/ijrap/abstract/10321ijrap01.htm...
Personality modulated by language: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/136700691243889...
Of course, if you, as a dictator, ban the word "sad" and the adjacent synonyms, people won't stop feeling sad. However, it's likely that they won't be able to reflect on what they feel, which in turn will change the way they think. And it's likely that the psychologists of this country will have a much harder time healing their patients or writing papers about depression.