Whorf was right http://antro-ling.wikispaces.com/file/view/Levinson.Space+in+Language+and+Cognition.pdf …pic.twitter.com/0Xraj7m3mI
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@stuartpb It's a summary of 400 pages of experiments on correlations of language to types of spatial cognition - A is absolute, R relative
@stuartpb colorful example - absolute language speakers point "through" their bodies to point behind them, relative turn their trunk
@sarahdoingthing That could be better explained with a list that just says "absolute and relative speakers handle each of these differently"
@sarahdoingthing And they demonstrate it with a table that has both "A" and "R" marked for *every row*?
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