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Re: Answering some points

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Friday, April 27, 2001, 3:23
"David Peterson" <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> There are languages in which the future is behind, the past is in front, > and humans don't move along a path towards a future, but rather the past > pushes away in front of them.
Such as English, if you take 'before' (earlier/in front of, cf. 'fore') and 'after' (later/behind, cf. 'aft'). So the language doesn't _necessarily_ determine/reflect the worldview (or at least the current worldview). Anyway... *Muke! -- http://www.southern.edu/~alrivera/