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The [[Linguistic relativity|Sapir–Whorf hypothesis]] postulates that a person's language influences their perceptions and cognitive patterns. Stanislav Kozlovsky proposed<ref name=kozl>(Russian) [http://old.computerra.ru/xterra/205420/ «Скорость мысли», Станислав Козловский] – ''Speed of thought'' by Stanislav Kozlovsky, ''Computerra'', №26–27, June 20, 2004</ref> in the Russian popular-scientific magazine ''Computerra'' that a fluent speaker of Ithkuil, accordingly, would think "about five or six times as fast" as a speaker of a typical natural language. The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis would suggest that, Ithkuil being an extremely precise and [[synthetic language]], its speakers would have a more discerning, deeper understanding both of everyday situations and of broader phenomena, and of abstract | The [[w:Linguistic relativity|Sapir–Whorf hypothesis]] postulates that a person's language influences their perceptions and cognitive patterns. Stanislav Kozlovsky proposed<ref name=kozl>(Russian) [http://old.computerra.ru/xterra/205420/ «Скорость мысли», Станислав Козловский] – ''Speed of thought'' by Stanislav Kozlovsky, ''Computerra'', №26–27, June 20, 2004</ref> in the Russian popular-scientific magazine ''Computerra'' that a fluent speaker of Ithkuil, accordingly, would think "about five or six times as fast" as a speaker of a typical natural language. The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis would suggest that, Ithkuil being an extremely precise and [[w:synthetic language|synthetic language]], its speakers would have a more discerning, deeper understanding both of everyday situations and of broader phenomena, and of abstract philosophical categories. | ||
However, strong forms of the hypothesis, which postulate that language ''determines'' thought and not only influences it, have been disproven within mainstream linguistics.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ahearn|first=Laura|title=Living language: an introduction to linguistic anthropology|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=9781405124416|page=69|edition=1. publ.}}</ref> Moreover, in line with this, Quijada has stated he does not believe a speaker would think necessarily any faster, because even though Ithkuil is terse, a single word requires a lot more thought before it can be spoken than it would in a natural language.<ref name=FAQ>[http://www.ithkuil.net/faqs.html FAQ]</ref> | However, strong forms of the hypothesis, which postulate that language ''determines'' thought and not only influences it, have been disproven within mainstream linguistics.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ahearn|first=Laura|title=Living language: an introduction to linguistic anthropology|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=9781405124416|page=69|edition=1. publ.}}</ref> Moreover, in line with this, Quijada has stated he does not believe a speaker would think necessarily any faster, because even though Ithkuil is terse, a single word requires a lot more thought before it can be spoken than it would in a natural language.<ref name=FAQ>[http://www.ithkuil.net/faqs.html FAQ]</ref> | ||
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"For these reasons, I believe use of Ithkuil would probably allow one to think more deeply, critically, and analytically; but think faster? I doubt it." | "For these reasons, I believe use of Ithkuil would probably allow one to think more deeply, critically, and analytically; but think faster? I doubt it." | ||
Kozlovsky also likened Ithkuil to the fictional ''[[Speedtalk]]'' from [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novella ''[[Gulf (Heinlein)|Gulf]]'', and contrasted both languages with the ''[[Newspeak]]'' of the communicationally restricted society of [[George Orwell|Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. Ithkuil is by far the most complete language of the three, though Speedtalk and Newspeak were merely "sampled" by their creators, with an outline of neither grammar nor lexicon. John Quijada acknowledged the similarity of Ithkuil's design goals to those of Speedtalk,<ref name="faqs" /> remarking that, | Kozlovsky also likened Ithkuil to the fictional ''[[w:Speedtalk|Speedtalk]]'' from [[w:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novella ''[[w:Gulf (Heinlein)|Gulf]]'', and contrasted both languages with the ''[[w:Newspeak|Newspeak]]'' of the communicationally restricted society of [[w:George Orwell|Orwell]]'s ''[[w:Nineteen Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. Ithkuil is by far the most complete language of the three, though Speedtalk and Newspeak were merely "sampled" by their creators, with an outline of neither grammar nor lexicon. John Quijada acknowledged the similarity of Ithkuil's design goals to those of Speedtalk,<ref name="faqs" /> remarking that, | ||
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|text=[h]owever, Heinlein's Speedtalk appears to focus only on the morpho-phonological component of language[, whereas] Ithkuil has been designed with an equal focus on [morphology, lexico-morphology, or lexico-semantics]. Additionally, the apparent purpose of Heinlein's language is simple rapidity/brevity of speech and thought, while Ithkuil is focused on maximal communication in the most efficient manner, a somewhat different purpose, in which brevity per se is irrelevant. | |text=[h]owever, Heinlein's Speedtalk appears to focus only on the morpho-phonological component of language[, whereas] Ithkuil has been designed with an equal focus on [morphology, lexico-morphology, or lexico-semantics]. Additionally, the apparent purpose of Heinlein's language is simple rapidity/brevity of speech and thought, while Ithkuil is focused on maximal communication in the most efficient manner, a somewhat different purpose, in which brevity per se is irrelevant. | ||
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==Other Resources== | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/morpho-phonology_version_0_6.pdf Morpho-phonology version 0.6] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/morpho-phonology_v_0_7.pdf Morpho-phonology version 0.7] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/new_morpho-phonology_v_0_8.pdf New Morpho-phonology version 0.8] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/morpho-phonology_v_0_9_3.pdf Morpho-phonology version 0.9.3] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/phonotaxis_v_0_4.pdf Phonotaxis version 0.4] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/roots_affixes_v0_1.pdf Roots affixes version 0.1] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/roots_v_0_1.pdf Roots version 0.1] | |||
*[http://www.ithkuil.net/VxCs_Affixes_v_0_3.pdf Affixes version 0.3] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||