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Re: Wofir aka The Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, September 8, 2000, 14:46
Raymond Brown wrote:

> >I'm not sure who exactly coined the term "Standard Average European",
Whorf. Or at least he popularized it.
> As Loglan has been around for more than 30 years
First devised 1955, first published 1960.
> and lojban been around for some years (10 or more AFAIK),
The split happened in 1988; the reference grammar was published in 1997.
> are there any results from their testing of the hypothesis?
Not publishable ones, anyway: the practical barriers (including that it's hard to have people learn a language without an existing speaker base, and the self-selection effect) have just been too large. Many people have reported internal changes in mindset. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein