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Re: Necessity of Conculture?

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, May 30, 1999, 17:33
dunn patrick w scripsit:

> Culture and language are incontrvertably linked. British English differs > from American English strictly *because* our cultures differ.
I don't understand how this can be true except in the trivial sense that *every* language feature is a cultural feature. How is the difference between Jane proposes that she play Ophelia and Jane proposes that she should play Ophelia a cultural difference in any but the trivial sense? -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.