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>Hey RICK
>
>rick
>Oh... I thought it was about whether or not the linguistic differences
>between Hindus and Eskimos were really evidence of this phenomenon. But we
>can discuss your issue too....
Erin: I guess I don't really understand why you are trying to separate culture
from the environment and language. Part of a culture is the thought patterns
it produces and if the language/environment influence that then why does it
bother you that Hindus don't build snowmen. I will be happy to go back to
your issue but I am not sure exactly what it is..
Rick: On the contrary...The only thing that the eskimo's vocabulary proves (if
anything) is that it's snowier in Alaska than in India. Saying that the
eskimo's describe snow in such detail because it is 'culturally important'
and that Hindu's don't because it is 'unessential to their culture' is a bit
misleading don't you think? If they both lived in the same place and had
those big vocabulary differences, then it might indicate something about
'culture'... but in this case, it only reflects differences in their
environment....
> ERIN:
>I think it has to do with the lines of Sensation--Perception--Cognition. I
>think it is very clear that language influences cognition. I don't know of
>any research indicating language influence sensation. The perceptual area is
>the gray area.
>
>rick:
>It's gray because whether or not language influences 'perception' depends on
>how far cultural sources of intellectuality (like language) have been
>instilled in the particular individual having the experience.
ERIN: Let me see if I am interpereting you right, the larger the vocab the
grayer percpetion? If this is what you mean I think I would agree I will have
to think about exactly what that means I never thought about it that way. If
this is not what you meant then what do you mean by instilling language?
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