Vanessa:
1. I’m currently taking a linguistics class on endangered languages, and have found myself becoming more and more fascinated by languages. I found an article from The New York Times recently that really peaked my interest. Called, “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” it details the findings of various studies exploring this question. With some languages focusing on gender in words, others understanding time in different ways, it’s a very interesting look at how we can be fashioned by what we say.
2. I am in love with this article from NPR. Called, “Learning Who You Are Through What You Eat“, it chronicles how your ethnic foods may have a relation to who you are as a person. As fascinating as the article above, it just uses a different medium as a way of finding out how our cultures can shape us.
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