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"Culture, Not Biology, Shapes Language" | ||
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| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 1 of 3 26 April 2012 at 6:51pm | IP Logged |
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It's a controversial assertion but comes from years spent with the Pirahã, an isolated Amazonian tribe.
The article is an interesting read about a very different grammar. NPR link Edited by ChiaBrain on 27 April 2012 at 12:10am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5809 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 3 04 May 2012 at 5:23am | IP Logged |
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Here is part 2:
"Debating Language: The Role of Culture And Biology (Part 2)" Part 2 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Random review Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5784 days ago 781 posts - 1310 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Yiddish, German | Message 3 of 3 13 July 2012 at 4:33am | IP Logged |
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I've actually read his book and found it quite persuasive, but I've never studied
linguistics so I still have reservations. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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