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Re: language and spatio-temporal orientation
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2010 Jul 26, 11:00 -0700
From: Apache Runner <apacherunner@gmail.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 7:30:11 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: language and spatio-temporal orientation
For example "east" = "direction of the rising sun" is extraordinarily common in languages in the world, and "west" = "direction of the setting sun" likewise.
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From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2010 Jul 26, 11:00 -0700
Yes, Slavic languages fall into this category.
Now where our words for "north" and "south" come from, I have no idea.
Peter Hakel
Now where our words for "north" and "south" come from, I have no idea.
Peter Hakel
From: Apache Runner <apacherunner@gmail.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 7:30:11 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: language and spatio-temporal orientation
For example "east" = "direction of the rising sun" is extraordinarily common in languages in the world, and "west" = "direction of the setting sun" likewise.
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