..._not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather u itself the shaper_pjlideas, {He program and guide for the individual's mental activity,...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade. Formulation of ideas is not an independent process, strictly rational in the old sense, but is part...

...ken. It was found that the background linguistic system (in other words, the grammar) of each language is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade. Formulation of ideas is not an independent process, strictly rational in the old sense, but is part...

...180). Sapir and Whorf maintained even more forcefully that linguistic terms and grammar constitute the "program and guide for the individual's mental...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade" (Whorf, 1956, p. 213; Sapir, 1951, pp. 160-166; cf. also Lakoff, 1987, p. 110). In contrast to animal...

...merely the same world with different labels attached. (1949:162) Similarly, Whorf wrote: [Language] is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing...trade. ... We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do...

...Whorf 's view (1956) "the background linguistic system (in other words, the grammar) of each language is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather is itself a shaper of ideas, the program and guide for the individual's mental activity, for his analysis of...

...merely a reproducing system lor voicing ideas, but rather is itself a shaper of ideas, the programme and guide for the individual's mental activity, for...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade'. Language, Thought and Reality, Cambridge, Mass., 1956, p. 121. See also Appendix 2. 2. As an example...

...merely a reproducing system for voicing ideas, but rather is itself a shaper of ideas, the programme and guide for the individual's mental activity, for...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade." Nevertheless, in order to teach anything at all, even a buddha must use language and the conceptual...

...research indicated that the background linguistic system (in other words, the grammar) of each language is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing...trade. . . We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. . . We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances...

...ist die Grammatik. Durch die Grammatik werden nicht nur Gedanken ausgedrückt, sondern die Grammatik »rather is itself the shaper of ideas, the program...impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock in trade.«40 Durch die Grammatik wird der als solcher ungeformte Strom der Sinneserfahrungen in einer...

...argument (1956:212-3l: The background linguistic system (in other words, the grammarl of each language is not merely a reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather is itself the shaper of ideas |...]. We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that...