How language shapes the way we think

Basic but interesting.

"Does language enable expression of what we already know, or does language enable you to create what you know...to alter your thinking, and so your world" .

This is something that has always fascinated me. I do believe our concepts crystallize and expand as we articulate, and to that extent language alters thinking.

It's a much debated subject, and there are theories both sides.  The movie 'arrival', took it to a whole new level, showing how learning the language altered her very conceptualization and grasp of time. She had access to time as the fourth dimension. Sci-Fi yes.

This is real, at a basic experimental level. It's what psychology does, make theory a science, so, interesting for sure.