Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 00:56:02 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: pgreen <polytarp@m-net.arbornet.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Message-ID: <20020526225602.GC1562@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3CF16722.F4236AC8@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205261510470.28571-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> <3CF16722.F4236AC8@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert said on May 26, 2002 at 15:52:18: > > > http://www.spectator.co.uk/bookreview.php3?table=old§ion=current&issue=2002-05-25&id=997 > > > > Huh? > > Your ability to think about certain concepts is constrained by the > language(s) in which you are able to think. We don't think in languages -- we think abstractly. That is why one is sometimes at a loss for the "mot juste" -- you know what you want to say but not how to say it. That's also why babies can learn a language in the first place. I also think in a language (various languages, depending on the situation), but then I'm basically "talking to myself" -- repeating a thought which has already been formulated. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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