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Title
Hjärnans grammatik världsomspännande.
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Submitted by pias
Source language: Swedish

Den mänskliga hjärnan sorterar händelser i samma ordning oberoende av modersmålet. Det här går stick i stäv med tidigare forskning som visat att språket styr hur vi tänker.

Människans hjärna sorterar händelser i samma följd oavsett var på jorden vi kommer i från, eller närmare bestämt, oavsett vilket språk vi talar.

Det är amerikanska forskare som kommit fram till det här genom att låta 40 försökspersoner som pratade 4 olika språk beskriva olika händelseförlopp - antingen genom att prata eller genom att gestikulera.

När de berättade muntligt så följde, precis som väntat, alla sina respektive språks grammatik, men när de gestikulerade föll alla in i samma grammatiska mönster: subjekt, objekt, verb, som till exempel: personen radio lyssnar.

Det här verkar vara den mest logiska ordningsföljden för våra hjärnor att beskriva en händelse och resultaten utmanar den rådande tanken om att språket vi talar styr hur vi tänker.

Källa: SR/ Vetenskapsradion

Title
The grammar of the brain worldwide
Translation
English

Translated by lenab
Target language: English

The human brain sorts what happens in the same order disregarding the native language.This completely contradicts earlier researches which have shown that the language directs the way we think.

The human brain sorts occurrences in the same order no matter what part of the earth we come from, or rather, no matter what language we speak.

It is American researchers who have concluded this by having 40 people as subjects to the experiment, who were speaking 4 different languages describing different courses of events - either by talking or by gesticulating.

When they answered orally, as expected, they all followed the grammar of their native language, but when they were gesticulating they all fell into the same grammatical pattern: subject, object,verb, as for example: person radio listens.

This seems to be the most logical order for our brain to describe what happens and the results challenge the existing thought that the language we speak directs the way we think.

Source: SR(Swedish Radio)/ Science radio
Validated by lilian canale - 6 July 2008 23:25





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5 July 2008 00:07

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Hi lenab, great job!

Just a few remarks.
"This completely contradicts an earlier research which has shown ..." (or early researches which have shown)

"who were speaking 4 different languages describing..."

oraly ---> orally

exaple ---> example

our brains ---> our brain

"how we think" (both times) I'd say: "the way we think"


What do you think?

5 July 2008 15:58

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
I totally agree!
Thanks!

6 July 2008 16:47

Minny
Number of messages: 271
re:they all used the grammar of their native language.

Suggestion:they all followed the grammar of their native language.

To be quite frank, I do not know, myself - I was just wondering. My be taht it is insignificant. What do you think?

6 July 2008 16:51

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
Yes Minny, that would be better! I'll change it. Thanks!

7 July 2008 11:10

pias
Number of messages: 8113
Thanks a lot lenab!