Twitter Tuesday #39
Sadly English is the lingua franca of the universe and we will never stop treating it as such!
I appreciate that you've bought this issue up. I've written an essay arguing in favor of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis, which you might find interesting: https://zerocontradictions.net/language/sapir-whorf-theory
I plan to expand the webpage in the future in order to respond to critics and explain their misconceptions, e.g. Steven Pinker.
Sadly English is the lingua franca of the universe and we will never stop treating it as such!
I appreciate that you've bought this issue up. I've written an essay arguing in favor of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis, which you might find interesting: https://zerocontradictions.net/language/sapir-whorf-theory
I plan to expand the webpage in the future in order to respond to critics and explain their misconceptions, e.g. Steven Pinker.