Re: Re : Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Ed Heil wrote:
>
> I'm not sure that it's impossible to think abstractly without
> language.  It's pretty difficult to communicate abstractions without
> language, though.
>
        What about deaf-mute people from birth? How do they think before
learning the sign language, and do they think in signs when they have
learned it? I should try and find again the book of Emmanuelle Laborit.
She explained very well how were her thoughts before she learned the
sign language.

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