Unveiling the Language -Thought Connection: How One Word Shapes Your Perception

In one of my two languages, there is only one word for “𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” and “𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴”

This gets me into trouble ALL the time 😠

Have you heard of the theory that links language to thought?

Basically, What we think 🧠 is affected by the 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 that we have to express that thought 🔠 💬 💬

Here is where it gets interesting If your language doesn’t have a word To express a particular thought 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 🙊

So if the language that I’m speaking doesn’t have two DIFFERENT words for the two concepts of listening 👂 and hearing 🙉

I might never really know the difference I realized this when I talked to people at my first job

I would HEAR as in, just receive audio data without LISTENING them as in, synthesizing the data with existing knowledge to produce meaningful results

This led to me being very clueless Despite being given many clues during conversations

How would you describe the difference between listening and hearing?

Tell me in the comments. I promise to hear you out. 👇 😀