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Originally Posted by Mister Fixit
It is precisely why English speakers can analyse - AND EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON - a situation better than a Thai can.
Which is why Thailand will remain what is still essentially a third world country, despite the trappings of globalisation, such as McDonalds, computers and mobile phones etc., all of which came fromWestern countries with logic at the heart of language
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I think this could be taking it a bit far. I don't think development is solely based on language! Take the Arabs, for example. Arabic, as it is based around three-letter roots, can be adapted to create any verb you could think of, and from that base, any noun or adjective. Suffice to say, Arabic has any extremely rich vocab - and, yet, most of the Arab countries would today be considered "developing countries".