What affect does language have on human behaviour?

Question

This refers to any language; eg: English, arabic, and so on

for example, does the way some laguages refer to women affect how they are treated.

please tell me if my question is not clear so i can clarify further

answers with examples wud be nice. thanks a lot

Answer 1

I think human behaviour is framed by language, and dependant on it. We think of things mainly because we have words for them, even the word "tomorrow" : without the word we wouldn't grasp the meaning so well. In some languages after the number "5" there's just "a lot".
One day I had a deep hypoglycemia, just above coma level, and it affected my brain for about twenty minutes, the parts of the brain where words are "kept", and I "lost" all the words in my head. I got up and headed vaguely for the kitchen, scratched a hole in the side of a carton of dried milk (because I'd lost the word "cap" I didn't think to prise off the cap), ate some milk, then sat down to sleep on the cold floor (I'd lost the words "go back to bed"). It was like being an animal, neither happy nor unhappy, just living in the present. It was a strange and very revealing experience.
I think all our experiences are remembered because of the words attached to them, and our opinions are certainly influenced by the negative or positive aspects of vocabulary.

Answer 2

I don't know the answer, but that's a very interesting question!

I'm learning Italian now and a man would say, for example, sono sicuro if he was sure of something. A woman would say sono sicura. This probably would emphasise the differences between genders.

English is gradually changing so we don't really say "actress" any more but talk about women actors. We don't say "chairman" but "chair".

I'm not sure if the language affects the mores or if the mores affect the language.

Actually, I've just noticed that you asked the same question the other way round too!!

Answer 3

Good question! Does language effect human behaviour? Well firstly all humans learn their language during primary socialisation which means that we learn from our parents as we grow up! In otherwards we are socialised in a certain way! The way in which we are socialised will depend on our culture and our views and beliefs on certain people etc! In some cultures woman are seen as 2nd class citizens and yes i guess language would effect a person. However for language to be that powerful it would have to be shared by many people ie a certain society! However language isn't as important as body language so how important is language full stop?

Answer 4

I think language has an effect on human behaviour.. Some language I find so romantic that I can listen for hours and not understand one word, other languages..dont do this to me at all! I also think the tone has an effect especially on women, also women are effected by the type of way you say certain things..

Answer 5

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Neural+Linguistic+Programming&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

I think you're talking about Neural Linguistic Programming; it suggests that the specific language we use affects our thinking, the way we feel, and therefore our behaviour.
e.g. use the language of violence or fear every day and you create a culture of violence and fear.

It has been recognised for a long time, thats one reson why in the workplace you are no longer allowed to make sexist or derogatory remarks! We've come a long way since the 1970's, it was quite bad for women in this country then. People forget how it was and laugh at 'feminism', which originally just meant equal respect for women. We were seen as property. Rape victims were treated like scum.

Answer 6

A human can basically make a small variety of sounds, as a result words would be constucted in a finite variety of procedures. As language matures, recommendations exchange into greater complicated reflecting the society wherein they originate. words exchange into greater in touch as to there origination. Nouns tend to proliferate, on an identical time as verbs enhance basically quite. Article adjectives and conjuctions extraordinarily much on no account exchange.

Answer 7

well for a start i can tell that this is a 20 mark question from an exam board as i was given this question myself a while ago.

Well as you may know in some languages, they come in 3 types.
masculine, feminine or neutral, best to describe what each of these are.
Also ask any man what sex a car is and 99% will probably say female as they see them as their "baby", women may say computers are men as they are slow, complicated and never do what you ask them too.

but the best idea is to check up on past exam papers as some boards allow you to see the examiner's report which contains helpful hints and in some cases sample answers.

http://www.AQA.org.uk
http://www.edexcel.co.uk
http://www.ocr.org.uk/

Answer 8

before we discuss about LANGUAGE we firstly must define what is HUMAN?
HUMAN is just as the house of many-many SOUL and all these soul were under the command of one SPIRIT.
All SOUL are refer to EVIL or ANIMAL while SPIRIT is refer to GOD.
SPIRIT is always communicate in the language of GOD and therefore human would look polite when all their SOUL is under controlled of the SPIRIT. The language of the spirit would change the ANIMAL or EVIL behaviour of the SOUL in human become GOD behaviour..
Therefore those human who always learn and practise the language of the Spirit would get a GOOD BEHAVIOUR

Answer 9

If i understand your question correctly then what language a person uses is irrelevant ,

In any language the tone of voice used to completely alter the meaning of any word .

Answer 10

language improves the knowledge base of the people.
it preserves the knowledge for generations to go.
inter action among various languages merges the cultures for harmonious relations among humans.
hence language effects human behavior for welfare.