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Seeing and talking: Whorf wouldn't be satisfied

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

Boris Kotchoubey*
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germanyhttp://www.uni-tuebingen.de/medizinischepsychologie/stuff/

Abstract

Although Steeles & Belpaeme’s (S&B) results may be useful for development of technical devices, their significance for behavioral sciences is very limited. This is because the question the authors asked was “Why do people use similar words in a similar way?” rather than “How can similar words stand for similar experience?” The main problem is not shared word usage, but shared references.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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