Language hat is going to spend the next week in California. Regular blogging will resume July 13; in the interim, I urge you to visit the excellent sites blogrolled at right, and (for those of you in climates resembling that of New York) drink plenty of fluids and stay in the shade.
Update. I'm back, and I thank you all for your various bon voyages.
Posted by languagehat at July 5, 2003 09:22 AMEnjoy your trip!
Posted by: Invisible Adjunct at July 5, 2003 07:53 PMHey Steve, where in California? And, I can't believe you're doing it again.... Just as I am headed to the East Coast and yes, possibly New York :(
Posted by: Renee at July 6, 2003 01:06 PMSpecial Baloney Bulletin: re: Sapir-Whorf experiments (& much more related): see (DO SEE!) Linguistic Relativity Reconsidered. The article by Slobin details an experiment much like the one you attempted in methodology & result ("suggestive but not conclusive"). Also, this is where I learnt that Whorf was not at all a strong Whorfian. See for example, from the closing par of his coulda-been-seminal essay The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language, this bald disclaimer: "There are connections but not correlations or diagnostic correspondences between cultural norms and linguistic patters."
Posted by: Baloney at July 7, 2003 12:51 AMHi Renee! I'm afraid it's Santa Barbara, nowhere near where you hang out even if you weren't leaving town. (I'm in the public library at the moment, taking a break after lunch. It's really beautiful here.)
Posted by: language hat at July 8, 2003 04:39 PMHave fun -- SB is indeed a beautiful place. (And be sure to check out the whale skeleton at the museum if you have time.)
Posted by: Rana at July 9, 2003 04:15 PMWelcome home. Great to have you back.
Posted by: Justin at July 14, 2003 12:10 PM