From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:
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> Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 14/10/99 23:47:14 , wwang a =E9crit :
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> > I know there are people, and some on this list, who do claim to feel
> > differently when they speak one language rather than another. Any
> > thoughts? Do these feelings stem from the language itself, and how =
one
> > expresses one's self in it, or is it due to being in a different soc=
ial
> > environment?
> i think a different cultural background makes you think different,
> but a different language doesn't.
But learning any second language at all, is (sort of) like
a fish jumping out of one pond, nearly suffocating, then
flopping into another: he notices water, for the first time.
> however, i also feel that "root words" cover different concepts dependi=
ng
> on languages. you can always derive or combine them to produce
> universal concepts any earthling understands but the original word stoc=
ks
> are different. in other words, the classification of items-in-the-world=
differs
> from one lang to another. and i think this is still overlooked.
Semantic space is still unmapped, I suppose,
except for a few projects like EuroWordNet.
But you are claiming more, that there is something
universal ... interesting philosophical question.