Study of obscure Amazon tribe sheds new light on how language affects perception (fwd)

[Matthew Ward]

I would suspect that if such words exist in tribal languages, they were
recently coined or borrowed--after all, many of them are relatively new
concepts even in the cultures which they originated in.  Words for these
terms exist in all the languages that I speak, but many are relatively
recent coinaged created to deal with new concepts.  The important thing
is that both languages and cultures are flexible, and can accomodate new
concepts as needed.

Myra Shawaway wrote:

> The thoughts projected have only left me further in the dark.  I do
> not understand the definition of 'native technology speakers'. any
> more than I understand what is meant by 'native languages run away and
> hide'.  What I do know  is our people of this community understand the
> connectivity of language and ancestoral cultural as it was and how the
> changes that are brought on have to be adjusted to and move forward
> with the new.  We know that part of the difficulities of continuing
> our languages is the history of how we lost the languages.  So, I
> continually wonder if  words such as 'cognitive', 'kinesthetic',
> 'hypothesis', 'abstraction', 'tech-language', 'nouns', 'verbs' are
> parts of any tribal languages and if not, how do we create an
> understanding of those words and apply to teachings done by fluent
> speakers today.  This is great conversation.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: MiaKalish - LFP <mailto:MiaKalish at LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US>
>     To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU <mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>     Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:12 AM
>     Subject: Re: Study of obscure Amazon tribe sheds new light on how
>     language affects perception (fwd)
>


Myra Shawaway wrote:

> The thoughts projected have only left me further in the dark.  I do
> not understand the definition of 'native technology speakers'. any
> more than I understand what is meant by 'native languages run away and
> hide'.  What I do know  is our people of this community understand the
> connectivity of language and ancestoral cultural as it was and how the
> changes that are brought on have to be adjusted to and move forward
> with the new.  We know that part of the difficulities of continuing
> our languages is the history of how we lost the languages.  So, I
> continually wonder if  words such as 'cognitive', 'kinesthetic',
> 'hypothesis', 'abstraction', 'tech-language', 'nouns', 'verbs' are
> parts of any tribal languages and if not, how do we create an
> understanding of those words and apply to teachings done by fluent
> speakers today.  This is great conversation.
>
>     ---
>

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