Evidence for the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis
The SWH states that our native language profoundly effects the way we think and even envision reality, as suggested by the findings described in this article: Backs to the Future: Aymara Language and Gesture Point to Mirror-Image View of Time.
Here's a tidbit I found interesting:
The SWH states that our native language profoundly effects the way we think and even envision reality, as suggested by the findings described in this article: Backs to the Future: Aymara Language and Gesture Point to Mirror-Image View of Time.
Here's a tidbit I found interesting:
- The language of the Aymara, who live in the Andes highlands of Bolivia, Peru and Chile, has been noticed by Westerners since the earliest days of the Spanish conquest. A Jesuit wrote in the early 1600s that Aymara was particularly useful for abstract ideas, and in the 19th century it was dubbed the “language of Adam.” More recently, Umberto Eco has praised its capacity for neologisms, and there have even been contemporary attempts to harness the so-called “Andean logic” – which adds a third option to the usual binary system of true/false or yes/no – to computer applications.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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