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Bouman, Heather (2020)

How does the language you speak influence your personality?

Bachelor thesis | Japanstudies (BA)

In this thesis, I looked at how language can affect one's personality. The study focussed on bilingual speakers of Japanese, English and Dutch. Participants took the MBTI personality test in their first and second language. Results were compared to look for changes in their personality. No significant differences were found between taking the test in their first and second language. Results showed some Jungian functions were more dominant in second language than in first language.

Linguistic relativity

Bilingual selves

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Personality

MBTI

Jungian functions

Author

Bouman, Heather

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

BA Japanese Studies

Supervisors

Yoshioka, Keiko

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en