Re: Board or card?

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:36:22 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:17:40 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen"

My point is that possibly some aspects of a language may affect those who
have grown up with it, while the general characteristics of a society may
affect the evolution of their language.

And both the details of a language and the rigidity of that language
affect how the user thinks.


I'd "think" that that would depend on whether you "think" in words,
linearly, or "think" in greater contexts, with greater concepts, and
only translate them into words when you need to express them to someone
else. ;-) (who speaks the same language, of course. %-} </smartass>)

Cheers!
Rich


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