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Old 11-11-2007, 07:30 PM
tame_deuces tame_deuces is offline
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Default Re: Morals, Language and Consciousness

A nice post. But I think you should expand on 'innate grammar structure'. If we disregard the biological views for having language and just look at at a classic language/culture interaction phenomena:

The terms for 'fate' are interesting when comparing classic western culture vs south-east asian culture. The terms are so different it is almost impossible to translate and this to some extent affects morality and view of the world in different ways in these two cultures. So it seems (at least on the surface) that learned language to some extent sets boundaries/context to our view of the world. So I'm very interested in what you put in the term 'innate grammar structure'.
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