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Linguistic images: How words influence thought

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Linguist Elisabeth Wehling investigates how words and phrases shape thought.

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Does it change the discourse whether we speak of "refugees" or "fled"? Linguist Elisabeth Wehling investigates how words and phrases shape thought. She researches the importance of language in political debates at the University of California at Berkeley.

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