#linguisticrelativity — Public Fediverse posts

Another informative Sampson review over at #linguistList # this time on "Linguistic Relativity" by Jeffry Pelletier and Ryan M. Nefdt:
https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3148/
#linguistics #linguisticRelativity

About 70 Jewish settlers attacked #IDF reservists near #Ramallah, throwing stones, choking a commander, and damaging military vehicles. Israeli media outlets described them as “Jews,” “citizens,” or “settlers” in headlines. The same outlets call #Palestinians who throw stones “terrorists.” The analysis in the Seventh Eye compared coverage from #Kan 11, #Ynet, Channel 13, and other major #Israeli media, showing different terminology for the same actions based on who commits them.

[…] And how did the main media outlets in Israel describe the incident? On Kan 11, not a media outlet considered a propaganda mouthpiece, this headline was given: “Jews attacked reserve fighters, six arrested.” “Jews.” Not terrorists, not hooligans, not even rioters. What a whitewashed definition for a violent and dangerous incident against IDF soldiers.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[…] When it comes to stone-throwers who are not Jewish, the treatment is completely different. For example, the headline on the “Israel Hayom” website for an article that referred to Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli drivers was “Stone-throwing terror.” When Ynet wanted to report on a case of stone-throwing by Arabs, the headline was “Terrorists threw stones at a bus in Samaria and fled, Israeli citizen injured.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hebrew https://www.the7eye.org.il/556557​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@palestine
@israel
#SettlerViolence #Linguisticrelativity

https://youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg

I saw this #Vox video about color names some years ago. But it was recently that I read this two-part article providing a deep dive, including the idea of #LinguisticRelativity and the #psychology of color perception.

“Here’s what the researchers wanted to know. If you have a word to distinguish two colors, does that make you any better at telling them apart?”

Part 1: https://empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/

Part 2: https://empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/11/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-ii/

#linguistics #colors #colours

On #LinguisticRelativity, or the #SapirWhorfHypothesis in #Linguistics:

"Our Language, Our World", Aeon (https://aeon.co/essays/does-language-mirror-the-mind-an-intellectual-history).

#Language #Thought #Translation #Vocabulary #Lexicon #Semantics

Good podcast by @hiphilangsci on linguistic relativity and the origins of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: https://hiphilangsci.net/2023/04/01/podcast-episode-31/

#linguistics #language #LinguisticRelativity #SapirWhorf #podcast #HistoryOfScience

If I say the twelve o'clock meeting has been moved forward by two hours, when is the meeting being held?

#Poll #Time #language #perspective #LinguisticRelativity #BoostPlease

#swDevTermOfTheDay The #SapirWhorfHypothesis or #LinguisticRelativity states that languages shapes thoughts. It can also apply to programming languages.