Re: Americans Aren't Rewarded For Learning Foriegn Languages Like Others

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From: Barbara Saunders
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <4lp126$91u@usenet1.sjc.in.sel.sony.com>,
Howard Stateman <howards@sec.sel.sony.com> wrote:
>>On 22 Apr 1996, Ross Thompson wrote:
>>> Oh, man, won't this myth ever die?  The notion that people's thoughts
>>> are limited by the language that they speak has been debunked for
>>> decades, and yet you still see it being quoted every month or so.  The
>Debunked? What cave have you been living in? Anyone who speaks more than one 


Nope, he's right.  The theory used to be that different languages 
actually shaped the cognitive process in some "physiological" way.  That 
is no longer considered the case.

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From: saunders@well.sf.ca.us (Barbara Saunders)
Subject: Re: Americans Aren't Rewarded For Learning Foriegn Languages Like Others
Date: 1996/04/28
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