Replying to LO25223 --
In LO25223 Leo Minnigh offers some thoughts on language and learning in
which he wonders,
>Sustains one language creative thinking more than another language??
I am immediately reminded of what is sometimes known as the Sapir-Whorf
hypothesis, which suggests that languages do indeed shape thought. There
are many workers who believe that some non-Indo-European languages are
much better suited to thinking about issues such as quantum theory than
the Indo-European languages which gave us the Copernican revolution and
the Newtonian universe.
A good, accessible, article on this is "Stealing the Fire" by linguist Dan
Moonhawk Alford. It can be found at:
http://www.sunflower.com/~dewatson/dma-stf.htm
Best wishes,
Richard.
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