That's interesting about Whorf...I went and took a quick look...and stumbled upon this gem:
"...One big problem with the original Sapir-Whorf hypothesis stems from the idea that if a person's language has no word for a particular concept, then that person would not be able to understand that concept, which is untrue.
That's interesting about Whorf...I went and took a quick look...and stumbled upon this gem:
"...One big problem with the original Sapir-Whorf hypothesis stems from the idea that if a person's language has no word for a particular concept, then that person would not be able to understand that concept, which is untrue.
Language doesn't necessarily control humans' ability to reason or have an emotional response to something or some idea. For example, take the German word sturmfrei, which essentially is the feeling when you have the whole house to yourself because your parents or roommates are away. Just because English doesn't have a single word for the idea doesn't mean that Americans can't understand the concept..."
That's interesting about Whorf...I went and took a quick look...and stumbled upon this gem:
"...One big problem with the original Sapir-Whorf hypothesis stems from the idea that if a person's language has no word for a particular concept, then that person would not be able to understand that concept, which is untrue.
Language doesn't necessarily control humans' ability to reason or have an emotional response to something or some idea. For example, take the German word sturmfrei, which essentially is the feeling when you have the whole house to yourself because your parents or roommates are away. Just because English doesn't have a single word for the idea doesn't mean that Americans can't understand the concept..."
Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/sapir-whorf-hypothesis-1691924
We'll have to ask Yasha if there are words in Russian that non-Russian speakers cannot conceptualise 😉