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To: Palter
“The question of whether languages shape the way we think goes back centuries; Charlemagne proclaimed that “to have a second language is to have a second soul.” But the idea went out of favor with scientists when Noam Chomsky's theories of language gained popularity in the 1960s and ‘70s. “

Could it be that Chomsky is as wrong, about the things he's supposed to be an expert in; as he is about all the things that the far left revers him for?

4 posted on 07/23/2010 7:36:11 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

thanks for the quote from Charlemagne. I agree, with the caveat that only if you THINK in both languages.
(I have a friend who says that I’m so nice when I speak Spanish, but that’s because of the language, not me).

Of course Chomsky is/was wrong.


9 posted on 07/23/2010 8:43:11 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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