Watch Your Mouth

About this episode

<p>If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that different languages make you stretch in different ways. This week, we revisit a favorite 2018 conversation with cognitive scientist <a href="http://lera.ucsd.edu/">Lera Boroditsky</a>. She studies how the structure of the languages we speak can change the way we see the world. Then, a 2017 conversation with linguist and author <a href="https://americanstudies.columbia.edu/people/john-h-mcwhorter">John McWhorter</a>, who shares how languages evolve, and why we're sometimes resistant to those changes.</p><p><i>If you like today's show, be sure to check out our </i><a href="https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/decoding-emotions/"><i>recent episode</i></a><i> about how the culture we live in can shape the emotions we feel. And if you like our work, please consider a </i><a href="https://www.patreon.com/HiddenBrain"><i>financial contribution</i></a><i> to help us make many more episodes like this one. </i></p><p> </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>