• A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow (Vygotsky)
• Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can thing about. (whorf)
Sapir & Whorf hypothesis
• Historical background
• Dates back to Plato and Aristotle
• Plato
• Thought and language are identicle
• Aristotle
• No chance for human beings to have the same language
• Wilhelm von Humboldt
• Language is the very basic of thought