http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2009/06/language-and-thought/ away beyond many a far meridian Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.vukutu.com/blog/2009/06/language-and-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Carol Williams Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:32:19 +0000 http://www.vukutu.com/blog/?p=691#comment-452 Is it possible that languages are shaped by how people think, rather than the other way around? i.e. Is moving through space central to the lives of the speakers of Kuuk Thaayorre? Did their language evolve accordingly? I am sorry to ask so naive a question, but I would really like to know what linguists say about this. Is it possible that languages are shaped by how people think, rather than the other way around?
i.e. Is moving through space central to the lives of the speakers of Kuuk Thaayorre? Did their language evolve accordingly?
I am sorry to ask so naive a question, but I would really like to know what linguists say about this.

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