note the term *hypothesis* strongest form of hypothesis is that [[human language]] and [[thought]] are identical weaker side: language *influence*s thought? in the sense that speakers of distinct [[human language]]s have systematically different [[policy|behaviour]]. demonstrated to some extent (though [[correlation is not causation]]) see [[replica|redundancy]] and [[usage based linguistic]] eg Russian [[colour]]s example: later experiments on *non-verbal* tasks show that these disappear: ie no [[cognitive]] differences # sources [[2003ChiangStoriesYourLife]] probably most famous [[2013KimmererBraidingSweetgrassIndigenous]] [[1980LakoffJohnsonMetaphorsWeLive]] https://www.languagesoftheworld.info/geolinguistics/ejectives-high-altitudes-grandiose-linguistic-hypotheses.html