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From: jfl@munnari.oz.au (John Lenarcic)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Computer Languages and the Sapir/Whorf hypothesis
Keywords: computer languages, Sapir/Whorf hypothesis, linguistics
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Date: 21 Aug 90 05:49:18 GMT
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Does anyone know of any research that has been undertaken on the 
application of the Sapir/Whorf hypothesis to computer programming
languages ?

( Briefly stated, the hypothesis is : 
         " Language shapes the way we think,
	   and determines what we can think about. " )

If anyone can direct me to any papers/technical-reports/books that
deal with the above topic I would be most grateful. ( Pointers to
good literature dealing with the hypothesis from a general linguistics
perspective are also welcome.) 

Please reply to me via e-mail. I'll post a summary of responses.

			Many thanks,
			    
			      John Lenarcic

			      Department of Computer Science,
			      University of Melbourne,
			      Victoria, AUSTRALIA

			      E-mail : jfl@munmurra.cs.mu.oz.au