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Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 0:05
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. -- "No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens" - Abraham Lincoln http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor