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Re:Do you have a different personality when you speak a diff... by elxrr on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @10:02PM (#1596941)
I've always been of the belief that cognition is deeply rooted in language. This is essentially the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis.
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Re:Do you have a different personality when you speak a diff... by lookACamel on Sunday August 15, 2010 @10:52AM (#1605213)
Not exactly. Everbody agrees that cognition and language are interconnected. But the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a little more specific.
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