Re: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ?

From: Frederick Mann (fm1@amug.org)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 22:04:50 MDT

  • Next message: Mike Lorrey: "RE: Senators Denounce Policy Analysis Markets"

    --On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 07:11:13 PM -0700 Phil Osborn <philosborn2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > Somewhere inbetween is where I suspect the truth lies
    > about the influence of language on the boundaries of
    > thought - or, more likely, the ease and precision of
    > thought in various areas.
    >
    There are "strong" and "weak" versions of
    Sapir-Whorf. The strong version basically
    says that language determines thought;
    whereas the weak version says that language
    influences thought.

    Frederick Mann



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Tue Jul 29 2003 - 22:02:56 MDT