Re: Sapir-WhorFreakiness

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:14:40 +0100, Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:
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> A message from Everett, about his experience with the Pirahã, and the
> skipticism that's greeted some of his reports, on Language Log today:
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> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001387.html
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Interesting.

Though what caught my eye were the pictures of drawn animals. They
look exactly like what a 5 year old who is learning to draw would
draw. Everything reduced to abstract basics (sticks for legs and round
knobs for the feet).



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It's hard to keep straight, perspective is everything

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