送交者: apate 于 2005-1-09, 20:40:24:
回答: Linguistic Determinism in "钱锺书神话的破灭（１）——外语篇" 由 Bruin 于 2005-1-09, 18:02:59:
Eskimos was thought to have tons of words for snow since snow is such a vital factor in their life. but as a matter of fact, the Eskimos only have two words, and all human languages are capable of creating new words to categorize all kinds of snow, if the speakers wish to.
however, structuralists do hold primacy for "la langue" over "porale", and the early Foucault would argue that language speaks subjectivity into being.