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• Subject: RE: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
• From: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>
• Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:05:13 +0000

 > [...] the thesis that language shapes cognition is highly overrated.

"highly overrated" is, of course, subjective. I have certainly met and read 
some linguistic determinists that have gone off the deep end but I would 
certainly be in the camp that believes that language is a contributing 
factor to cognition.

XML (as in so many other things (which is why it is a fascinating field (in 
my opinion))), throws up some interesting examples:

Can the language you speak influence the way you model data in an XML 
schema? I think the answer is yes and wrote an article on the subject for 
ITWorld, illustrating how an Irish speaker would model a Bishop (of all 
things).

	How to model a Bishop : http://www.itworld.com/nl/xml_prac/08082002/

regards,
Sean

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