Re: THEORY: Conlanging as reverse Sapir-Whorf?

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Daniel Andreasson wrote:

> Interesting question.
> Not being that good at the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, but isn't
> that kind of the 'chicken and egg' argument? The language
> one uses effects the way you think, but doesn't that lead to
> the conclusion that the way you think effect the way you
> speak as well? What came first, so to say?
What makes me wonder is this: what "ways of thinking" are there?  This
assertion assumes that there are a set of "ways of thinking" that parallel
the ways of communicating.  If so, what are they?  For example, Hatasoe is
head-marking and has stative verbs insted of adjectives.  What does that
make it?  What does that make *me*?