Re: Conculture/International Translation Lingo
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 4, 1999, 1:59 |
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Abrigon Gusiq wrote:
> Concultures give you more to think about than just the dry language, the
> culture as I believe the Whorf-? hypothosis defines the lingo, and how
> people percieve things...
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has been largely discredited by now, in
at least its strict formulation of language being a prison for the minds
of its speakers. Which is not to say that languistic structures have no
influence on thought; just that they don't have anywhere near overriding
influence on it.
> So a Conlang for a Conculture is a good thing. But
> who am I to argue this.. But, I do think the Conculture fleshes out the
> Conlang.
Sure, it *can* be. But it's a personal decision, not something
that makes or breaks your conlang and/or conculture.
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