Language and Thought

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Scientific American takes another look at the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis (also known as "linguistic relativity"), which holds (to one degree or another) that our thoughts are shaped and