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Why Is Guy Deutscher Argument's Shortcoming?
In my opinion, however, Guy Deutscher argument has a shortcoming. When Deutscher he elucidated how Guugu Yimithirr native speakers have an innate ability to use geographic coordinates to describe their spatial setting, he rules out that Guugu speakers do not have egocentricity in their direction. In an attempt to disprove Benjamin Lee Whorf’s disputation of how native languages inhibit an individual’s thinking ability, Deustcher does the same by claiming that Guugu Yimithirr speakers assume their “own existence were[to be] irrelevant” ( Deuttscher 220). On the contrary, Deutscher’s theory of how language plays an essential part in shaping an individual’s perception of life is extremely useful because it sheds light on the difficult

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