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> The strong version is hilariously easy to destroy: if you're cognitively limited to your language, then you cannot create new words, let alone new concepts.
by arebours 8y ago
> The strong version is hilariously easy to destroy: if you're cognitively limited to your language, then you cannot create new words, let alone new concepts.
It depends on what's the thing you define a language. It might be that dictionary and grammar are only a kind of projection of a more blurry, hidden structure - a language "core". Think of how children sometimes invent new words and how these words immediately "click" with fluent speakers even if they mean shit.
IANAL(inguist) so take it with a grain of salt.
- arebours 8y agoOh, and another thing. Knowing a word is not a 0 or 1 kind of situation. More often than not if you're not sure about some word you're able to successfully guess some of its meaning or at least a sentiment associated with it.