Language and thinking

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:27 AM +0000 7/30/10, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>Language tempers how we think
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>http://tinyurl.com/2wxvgzf
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Or not (obviously).  See the extensive discussions of Boroditsky's
work (and other research on the (Sapir-)Whorf Hypothesis) on Language
Log, most recently at http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2487
with links to previous posts.  As several posters mention, this is an
area rife with unproven hypotheses and oversimplification of
competing views.  (Yes, I know--what area isn't?)

LH

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