![]() ![]() ![]() To me, I found Whorf's ideas fascinating-the absolute truth or falsity of them is immaterial, because thinking about what Whorf was saying really engaged me, kind of fired my imagination and literally opened up another way of viewing the world. I've given this book five stars, but it comes with caveats-or maybe it just isn't your typical five star book. Whorf himself would probably have wanted to make more modest claims. ![]() A quick search (thanks, IMDb!) proved it so, though the use the film puts it to is firmly in the realm of science-fiction. ![]() It was interesting to run across this book only a few months after I'd seen this film-I didn't remember the name mentioned in the quote at the time, but after reading through Whorf's writings, it struck me that what he was talking about sounded a lot like what the characters in the film had been talking about. Louise Banks: Yeah, it affects how you see everything. It's the theory that the language you speak determines how you think and.ĭr. Ian Donnelly: Yeah, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Louise Banks: If you immerse yourself into a foreign language, then you can actually rewire your brain. ![]()
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