Most interestingly, that is the heart of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis posited in linguistics. The "strong" intrepretation was proven false by the fact that Ameri

Most interestingly, that is the heart of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis posited in linguistics. The "strong" intrepretation was proven false by the fact that American Indians had no name for ships that sail the high seas. Yet, they still described them best in their own language. There are weaker ways to apply the theorem, but most efforts have went to Chomsky's universal grammar.