Ideas from 'Punctual and segmentive Hopi verbs' by Benjamin Lee Whorf [1936], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Language Thought and Reality' by Whorf,Benjamin Lee (ed/tr Carroll,John B.) [MIT 1979,0-262-73006-5]].

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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism
Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order
                        Full Idea: Language first of all is a classification and arrangement of the stream of sensory experience which results in a certain world-order.
                        From: Benjamin Lee Whorf (Punctual and segmentive Hopi verbs [1936], p.55)
                        A reaction: This is only true to a limited degree. See Davidson's 'On the very idea of a conceptual scheme'. All humans share a world-order, to some extent.