Re: Vance's Paonese.
| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 15, 2007, 18:19 |
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In a message dated 3/15/2007 2:49:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
lars.finsen@ORTYGIA.NO writes:
> I suppose one or two here must have noticed Jack Vance. I just
> finished rereading his Languages of Pao, which took on a new flavour
> in view of my recent conlanging activity. In it, he endorses the view
> that the attitudes and behaviour of people are results of or
> influenced by the characteristics of their language rather than the
> other way around
I read that long ago, and I wish I could get a copy.
You're describing the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
stevo </HTML>
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