debunking Sapir Whorf

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Tue Dec 5 14:57:34 PST 2000


On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, kelley wrote:


> but if all the S-W is saying is that language delimits and shapes our ways
> of thinking, etc, then no-duh -- all human social practices and
> institutions inevitably and must do so.
>

Perhaps this is the assumption that is not being made explicit here: language is a social practice! You sound a little bored with the sociological imagination kel--it consistently amazes me how much of human existence is shaped by social structures rather than simply individuals' motivations and personalities.

Anti-humanist as ever,

Miles



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