On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:33 PM, vruxir
<kextrii@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 3:55:12 PM UTC-4, stevo wrote:
It may be that speakers of languages with a strong future time reference (e.g., English, Italian, Russian) have better lives economically than speakers of languages with weak future time reference (e.g., Chinese, German).
Oops. My bad. You're right.
stevo
I think that's the opposite of what the study said. The study says that languages with weak future time reference have the better economic tendencies.
A language designed without a mandatory tense marker (in particular, for the future tense), e.g., Lojban, might be better for its speakers than having an obligatory future tense marker, e.g., Esperanto.
^ And your conclusion appears to be based on the weak future time reference being better (which is what the study says). Basically the study proposes that when your language leads you to treat the present and the future the same way grammatically, you're more likely to care about the future (have an easier time saving money, studying for exams, not overeating, quitting smoking -- those are four examples the presenter mentions).
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