One's native language structure affects one's world view (Linguistic Relativity)

Well, according to your definition, language is a means of communicating how a person conceptualizes the world. Therefore, they come to their conclusions as to how the world around them functions by using their senses. According to thefreedictionary.com, senses can be defined as a. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, or taste, and b. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation. Let me give a few fairly simple examples. If a child touches a hot stove, their sense of touch will tell them that when the stove is hot, it hurts to touch it and therefore they come to the conclusion that they should not touch hot things. If someone says, "He will wipe you out" (one of the quotes you gave), that is simply that persons observations of the situation. Communication comes in when that person tells another person how they"ve come to understand what whatever it is that they"re preaching. But even then, that person can be told over and over how someone else sees a situation, but they never truly gain an understanding of the world around them with out experiencing it for themselves. The structure of how one communicates does not affect their world understanding. According to an interviewee in the Zeitgeist movie (available on youtube), studies from reputable science institutions have shown that an unborn fetus in the mother"s womb can actually learn from the environment surrounding it. During the Dutch hunger strike, pregnant mothers in the second and third trimester were eating minimally if at all. The fetus was therefore getting such a small amount of nutrients that biologically, his body adapted and became stingier of the nutrients it would receive. The fetus will be destined for a life in which its body will store just about every calorie that goes unused because, as a fetus, unable of knowing any language at all, it understood that in its environment, food and nutrients are scarce. Also in the movie, another study showed how an infant is treated, affects their perceptions of life and self as an adult. If they are neglected, they will live a life of feeling as if no one is there to help them. This subconscious feeling has come about with absolutely no means of communication. Another point, there are ways for humans to communicate their perceptions of the world around them by not using any form of language. If someone gives another person an option between a red pill and blue pill (matrix reference haha) and when offered the blue pill, he turns away, the other person can easily assume he would rather have the red pill. Some one can frantically point to right or west or whatever not saying a world at all and people would understand what they mean and turn that way. Not quite sure those are the best example but I"m sure you can understand my point. So what have we learned here? A person perceives the world around them due to their senses. Communication is simple a tool that man uses to share their perceptions. Sure, words like "sour" and "right or west" mean different things in different languages, but they are used to convey an understanding by the user and are subject to that person"s interpretation. A hottie to the west could not be a hottie at all to someone else. They must use their sense of vision to determine whether or not he perceives her as good looking. Sources: Zeitgeist movie: http://www.youtube.com... Senses Def: http://www.thefreedictionary.com...