“Speech is the best show a man puts on.”
Source: Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
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Source: Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
“Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.”
“Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.”
“A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos.”
“Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.”
Source: Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
“We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.”