I will only answer to the last question. I am pressed for time right now.
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Originally Posted by Casiopea  Clearly formulated, but widely rejected. Do you agree with that theory, and, moreover, do you think it applies here? English grammar rules, worldwide? |
With this I replied to your statement somewhere (I have to search for it in your posts) that language is independent of culture (or smth like this). And yes, it applies here because speaking about E grammar we inadvertently discuss grammar too, which is a complex topic. It is very hard to avoid digressing somewhat from the topic of English grammar only. But I will stop this thread here, and start another one on the more abstract definition of grammar versus language.
And, as to "
widely rejected", widely according to whom? Do you have any statistics about how wide? It is a linguistic theory, and being rejected doesn't make it any worse (or better) than any other linguistic theories. All linguistic theories contribute in one way or other to our understanding of language. There isn't one which provides
the truth about langauge. This is why I referrred to two contrasting theories (structuralist versus Whorf) when talking about language.
And yes, I believe both of them have smth interesting to say.