How do languages differ when accidents are described

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Watch the TED talk YouTube video "How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky" and answer the following questions

I. What is unusual about the cognitive ability of the Kuuk Thaayoore people and why do they have it and other people do not? Are you surprised by their ability?

II. Languages differ with respect to the number of color terms they have. How do the brains of speakers of different languages react differently when they look at changes in color?

III. How do languages differ when accidents are described? How does this impact the way speakers of different languages perceive what is happening in the world?

IV. Revisit module 1.11 to review the Sapir-Whorf hypotheses of linguistic relativity. State whether or not Boroditsky's findings support the concept of linguistic relativity.

V. Why does Boroditsky claim that what science knows about the human mind thus far is 'incredibly narrow and biased'?

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