Is the 'concept' of time that is inscribed in the structures of language(s) actually the same linear concept of time that characterizes European modernity? And do all languages have the same linear 'concept' of time? Are there languages that do not provide their users with any forms of expression for time or whose time system reflects a non-linear, cyclical concept of time? If this is the case, do the different time systems of the languages shape the thinking of the speakers, so that they are caught up (or even trapped) in certain notions of time?

Public lecture as part of the linguistics and language didactics colloquium at the University of Siegen in cooperation with the Siegen branch of the German Language Society (GfdS)

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Contact: marius.albers@uni-siegen.de