12 – The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains
What does it mean when linguists say that language shapes the way we perceive and think about the world?
This two-part series about the different concepts of colour various languages have, has some clues. Did you know that some people cannot tell the difference between a blue and a green square – not because they are colorblind, but because in their language, they are the same color.
Think about what this means for concepts like gender, nationality or time.
(First published in June 2012)