The language of distance perception: Cultural and linguistic implications in distance perception

Do speakers who use different kinds of language representations to describe the same concept come to perceive and conceptualize the world in different ways? Particularly, what role does culture play in creating and defining our conceptualization of the physical and abstract domains of the human experience, in domains such as space, time and distance, and does it in fact determine the language that is used to describe those conceptualizations? This study examined the effects of culture on influencing the language used to describe concepts of distance and whether the language used shapes how distances are perceived among different cultures.