Thursday, August 09, 2012

Lili's thought for the day

The Pirahã people have a language that is both gender-segregated and also embodies within it's grammar something resembling the basic philosophy of the evidence-based movement of the late 20th to 21st centuries in the developed world. How fascinating. 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328555.700-the-story-of-language-culture-not-nature.html

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