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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Considering the Relationship Between Language, Culture and Cognition to Scrutinize the Lexical Influences on Cognition

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In this paper, we examine the interrelationships among language, culture, and cognition. The central notion that individuals with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds think differently is not far from our everyday experience. If you have had the opportunity to engage in a conversation with a person whose native language is not English, you may have found that communication breaks down at times and that some concepts are not easily translated into another language. Or if you happen to be a fluent bilingual or multilingual, you may agree with those bilinguals or multilinguals who mention that they think differently in each of their language. A number of intriguing questions arise here. Is there a particular style of thinking that is natural for speakers of each language? If so, is it possible for a person to think in a different way, one that is not natural for that individual? Is this style of thinking imparted by the language, the culture, or both? These and lots of other questions have engaged the attention of anthropologists, linguists and psychologists, but the point that we are going to explore is the lexical influences on cognition considering the relationship between language, culture and cognition.

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Tohidian, I., Mir Tabatabaie, S.M. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Considering the Relationship Between Language, Culture and Cognition to Scrutinize the Lexical Influences on Cognition. Curr Psychol 29, 52–70 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-010-9072-z

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