There are lots of language that use a “to-be” copula far less frequently than English. I don’t know that it actually affects people’s ontologies. It would be evidence in favor of Sapir-Worf if it did.
Weak Sapir Whorf is probably true though. I don’t mean in a trivial sense that it has a negligible effect. I think the effect is small but likely measureable. Mainly thru making some social effects more noticeable because easier expressible.
There are lots of language that use a “to-be” copula far less frequently than English. I don’t know that it actually affects people’s ontologies. It would be evidence in favor of Sapir-Worf if it did.
Weak Sapir Whorf is probably true though. I don’t mean in a trivial sense that it has a negligible effect. I think the effect is small but likely measureable. Mainly thru making some social effects more noticeable because easier expressible.