Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 0:05 |
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Charles wrote:
> I am sure that culture shapes thought, and culture and thought both
> shape language, but then language takes a terrible revenge on both ...
I think that this is all a false dichotomy. Language and culture are
tightly integrated, it's not a matter of one influencing the other, it's
more like different parts of a single body, impossible to separate
without destroying both.
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