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Quote from: Don Breezio on July 31, 2003, 04:38:31 PMpeoples accents affect their pronunciation...why do we need a long ass explanation for that? i know i dont. i really dont think anyone cares.ummm.... language determines the way you think? accent & dialect are social markers? language is the only thing that really distinguishes us from animals?
peoples accents affect their pronunciation...why do we need a long ass explanation for that? i know i dont. i really dont think anyone cares.
LMFAO...so by saying language determines the way you think you're basically saying that if i speak english i will think differently than if i speak german.
accent and dialect are social markers? accent and dialect have nothing to do with anything...its just the way ppl talk because of where they are from.
language is the only thing that distinguishes us from animals? umm...yeah...and opposable thumbs, and the ability to speak, and use parts of our brain animals cant.
ever heard of the sapir-whorf hypothesis? american structuralism?