Hi Squonk (verb),
I have not read that book but have been really intersted in the effect of
grammar. Once I heard a noun described as the place where a particular action
took place. There is also evidence of a difference in cogntive abilities
between children raised with verb or object based languages.
I keep wondering what is the difference of someone who switches to a verb
based language vs someone who was raised in it vs someone who was raised with
equal emphasis on both. I think there is still a divide but a different kind
now
Verb based language SOV (subject -object- verb)
Noun based language SVO
the divide is between objects and verbs, rather than subjects and objects
So does Bohm think that if everyone raised in a verb based lanuage gets what
you are claiming or does he think that is the analysis or comparison of the
different languages that allow you to see this?
Erin (verb)
Wholeness and the implicate order by David Bohm is worth a read for his
suggestion that our language is fragmenting our perceptions.
A switch to a verb based language would reinforce the importance of
recognising that all structures are transient and in a process of evolution.
Squonk. (the verb)!
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