From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2003-07-12T20:25:11+09:00
Subject: Re: OSCON report


> I'm not sure of the exact formulation of the
> hypothesis. My favorite quote of Whorf's is:
> "Language shapes the way we think, and determines
> what we can think about."

Can it be possible that he has stolen this simply
from Noam Chomsky. I think he was the first one who
examined the Hopi language that in a real scientific way.

Of course for most of the US witch hunters his political
opinions are unacceptable and so his excellent linguistic
studies aren't mentioned very often in public
(at least in the USA).