Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 14, 1999, 22:55 |
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wwang wrote:
> The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis would say that it would be difficult to
> hold many ideas in the same way at the same time in both languages.
Actually, it would say that being bilingual would *expand* your
horizons, would allow you to have greater flexibility in thinking of
different ideas.
One linguistics teacher I had put it this way: language creates boxes,
learning more languages gives you more and larger boxes, and makes the
boxes less "rigid", I think that that's probably a fair description of
the truth.
> Anyway, hope I haven't rambled on too long.
Not at all, you've brought up some good points.
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