top | item 16503887 (no title) throwaway7645 | 8 years ago This is Sapir-Whorf thinking. My understanding as a non-linguist is that this has never been proven. I know there is a strong/weak form of the hypothesis, but can't remember what the distinction is. discuss order hn newest danans|8 years ago > but can't remember what the distinction is.The strong hypothesis says that language determines and bounds your thinking, the weak hypothesis is that it influences and conditions your thinking. throwaway7645|8 years ago Thanks...weak sounds a lot more plausible than fully binding.
danans|8 years ago > but can't remember what the distinction is.The strong hypothesis says that language determines and bounds your thinking, the weak hypothesis is that it influences and conditions your thinking. throwaway7645|8 years ago Thanks...weak sounds a lot more plausible than fully binding.
danans|8 years ago
The strong hypothesis says that language determines and bounds your thinking, the weak hypothesis is that it influences and conditions your thinking.
throwaway7645|8 years ago