Comments on: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is half correct http://stigmergicweb.org/2006/02/01/sapir-whorf-hypothesis-is-half-correct/ I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly - Michel de Montaigne Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Chris http://stigmergicweb.org/2006/02/01/sapir-whorf-hypothesis-is-half-correct/#comment-2458 Chris Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:34:08 +0000 http://stigmergicweb.org/2006/02/01/sapir-whorf-hypothesis-is-half-correct/#comment-2458 <p>There's actually been a ton of research on linguistic relativity in the last few years. If you're interested, check out this book:</p> <p><a href="http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/gentner/ww.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Language In Mind</i></a></p> <p>It presents a lot of the current research in cognitive science on the relationship between language and thought.</p> <p>Also, <a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/psy/PEOPLE/roberson/roberson.html" rel="nofollow">Debi Roberson</a> has been doing research on the effects of color terms on color perception and categorization for a few years now, with some interesting results (results that provide support for a weak version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis).</p> There’s actually been a ton of research on linguistic relativity in the last few years. If you’re interested, check out this book:

Language In Mind

It presents a lot of the current research in cognitive science on the relationship between language and thought.

Also, Debi Roberson has been doing research on the effects of color terms on color perception and categorization for a few years now, with some interesting results (results that provide support for a weak version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis).

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