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[Unkotare]

It's not a new concept, but it is interesting. For many years now, linguists have studied the phenomenon that people think and behave differently when communicating in different languages. Many interesting cultural, psychological, and linguistic factors come into play. It has even been proposed that people develop separate and distinct personalities for each language in which they may communicate.

Learn a new language and become a different person?

How switching language can change your personality

Bicultural people may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a US study on bilingual Hispanic women. It found that women who were actively involved in both English and Spanish speaking cultures interpreted the same events differently, depending on which...

www.newscientist.com

Feel more fun in French? Your personality can change depending on the language you speak

In the book Me Talk Pretty One Day, humorist David Sedaris recounts learning to speak French as an adult under a vicious instructor. Fumbling in his attempts to master the new tongue, he feels powerless and vulnerable—almost like a different person entirely.

qz.com

Change of Language, Change of Personality?

There is a Czech proverb that says, "Learn a new language and get a new soul," and it is true that many bilinguals do indeed report being different in each of their languages.

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

It's called "Cultural Appropriation".

 

[Moonglow]

It's called "Cultural Appropriation".

You can get that from eating a taco?

 

[Moonglow]

It's not a new concept, but it is interesting. For many years now, linguists have studied the phenomenon that people think and behave differently when communicating in different languages. Many interesting cultural, psychological, and linguistic factors come into play. It has even been proposed that people develop separate and distinct personalities for each language in which they may communicate.

Learn a new language and become a different person?

How switching language can change your personality

Bicultural people may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a US study on bilingual Hispanic women. It found that women who were actively involved in both English and Spanish speaking cultures interpreted the same events differently, depending on which...

www.newscientist.com

Feel more fun in French? Your personality can change depending on the language you speak

In the book Me Talk Pretty One Day, humorist David Sedaris recounts learning to speak French as an adult under a vicious instructor. Fumbling in his attempts to master the new tongue, he feels powerless and vulnerable—almost like a different person entirely.

qz.com

Change of Language, Change of Personality?

There is a Czech proverb that says, "Learn a new language and get a new soul," and it is true that many bilinguals do indeed report being different in each of their languages.

www.psychologytoday.com

I know three languages and I am still the same person I have always been. Speaking Spanish doesn't make me want to wear a sombrero or ride a burro.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

I'm thinkin' ya' all are nuking it out too much.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Proves my point that polyglots are schizophrenic.

 

[Sunni Man]

Learning another language mentally changes a person's perspective of the world in both thought and function. ...

 

[Unkotare]

I know three languages and I am still the same person I have always been. Speaking Spanish doesn't make me want to wear a sombrero or ride a burro.

It's not about that. Read the links.

 

[Moonglow]

It's not about that. Read the links.

Sorry, but my personality doesn't change when I speak German.

 

[Moonglow]

Learning another language mentally changes a person's perspective of the world in both thought and function. ...

Yes, I can score when in Mexico using Spanish, or English, or just flashing money.

 

[Sunni Man]

I took a linguistics course in college and learned about a man named Benjamin Whorf who wrote a fascinating book about language and perception.
Which became know as the Whorfian Hypotheses and started a new field of academic study known as Linguistic Relativity.
Basically, that language influences thought. The hypothesis states that language controls both thought and perception.

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

www.sciencedirect.com

 

[Unkotare]

Sorry, but my personality doesn't change when I speak German.

At least read the links before commenting.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Well, in English, a person says "I hit the ball". In Japanese, it is "the ball was hit by me". The implications regarding the subtle difference in perspective involved should be inherent to any thinking person.

 

[Unkotare]

Well, in English, a person says "I hit the ball". In Japanese, it is "the ball was hit by me". .....

Actually, it would usually be more like "I, the ball hit." What you wrote is just the passive voice in English.