The relationship between Language and Thought - Page 7

Cassiel · 15th April 2011, 09:27 PM

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Internet disease.

Just googled internet disease. Curiosity killed the cat.

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A picture of a person who looks more attractive than they usually are, mostly seen in black or with blurish effects. .

Hmmm the picture of my head in my profile fits that description. Big LOL. I swear it was the only one I could find with the right size.

TerryO · 15th April 2011, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chris661

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A friend once told me that English is so limiting (in terms of communicating an exact collection of thoughts) compared to the other languages she speaks.
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A clear window is a language that conveys every nuance of our thoughts. A murky window gives an unclear, ambiguous message.

Well, it made sense when I wrote it.

Chris

Chris,

The nature of English grammer is such that identifying relationships, etc., is left hanging a bit. OTOH, English has the largest vocabulary of any language with German coming in second, with about half the number of words.

The advantage to this, is that an enhanced vocabulary does allow a variety of nuances to be expressed through the choice of the words used.

Best Regards,
TerryO

pinkmouse · 16th April 2011, 02:29 PM

Just in from the BBC:

BBC News - Language universality idea tested with biology method

Pano · 16th April 2011, 03:27 PM

See? Told you so.

Charles Darwin · 18th April 2011, 04:57 PM

Just found this thread but can't read through all the pages now.

For the OP if nobody else mentioned it I recommend these two books by Steven Pinker:
'The Language Instinct' and 'How The Mind Works'.

PeteMcK · 18th April 2011, 11:51 PM

Latest research:
http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/ite...ature09923.pdf

short version here: languagehat.com

discussion: Language Log Word-order “universals” are lineage-specific?

AKSA · 4th May 2011, 12:23 AM

Hey, Sir John,

What about Sanscrit?

johnferrier · 4th May 2011, 01:13 AM

re:The relationship between Language and Thought

There is a very low relationship which got us to where we are today.

TerryO · 4th May 2011, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AKSA

Hey, Sir John,

What about Sanscrit?

Or Basque?

Best Regards,
TerryO

7n7is · 10:25 PM

When I read German I usually read it more or less directly into English as best I can, because I have trouble understanding written German without it being translated into English. I can understand spoken German better, though, when I hear it and when I speak it myself, as long as I know the words being spoken. Verstehts?

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pinkmouse diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chatham, England	Just in from the BBC: BBC News - Language universality idea tested with biology method __________________ Al I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Charles Fort

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PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	Latest research: http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/ite...ature09923.pdf short version here: languagehat.com discussion: Language Log Word-order “universals” are lineage-specific? __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky

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johnferrier diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: WA	re:The relationship between Language and Thought There is a very low relationship which got us to where we are today. __________________ Michael Gazzaniga - "The arts are not frosting but baking soda."

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7n7is diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: VA	When I read German I usually read it more or less directly into English as best I can, because I have trouble understanding written German without it being translated into English. I can understand spoken German better, though, when I hear it and when I speak it myself, as long as I know the words being spoken. Verstehts? Last edited by 7n7is; 10th May 2011 at 10:25 PM.


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Charles Darwin diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK	Just found this thread but can't read through all the pages now. For the OP if nobody else mentioned it I recommend these two books by Steven Pinker: 'The Language Instinct' and 'How The Mind Works'.

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