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"For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at best untestable and more often simply wrong." I dislike sensationalism. The idea
by jeltz 13y ago
"For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at best untestable and more often simply wrong."
I dislike sensationalism. The idea that this can be tested is as old as the modern controversy. There were studies on words for colors in the 1950s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity_and_the_color_naming_debate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity_and_the_c...
- robmclarty 13y agoAnd logical studies in the 20s http://tractatuslogico-philosophicus.com/ http://tractatuslogico-philosophicus.com/
- amouat 13y agoIsn't it one of the themes in "A Clockwork Orange", which was published in 1962? It's admittedly not a scientific text however...
- jeltz 13y agoI have no read A Clockwork orange, but it is one of the main themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four which was published in 1949.
- fernly 13y agoAll of which brings back memories of Loglan[1] which was specifically designed as a tool for testing Sapir-Whorf, although in the end and after many years of painstaking development it was never used for that. Loglan has a successor Lojban[2] which is still a hobby project for a small community. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loglan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loglan [2] http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojban http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojban
- ancarda 13y agoThere are a few children who are being raised bilingually with Lojban as a mother tongue so the original purpose may end up being fulfilled. It'll be interesting to see how they turn out. xu baupli la .lojban. .i mi nintadni