Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

At the Relearning the World blog, I was thinking about the Does Your Language Shape How You Think? artcile: "This article, by Guy Deutscher, critiques Whorf's theory that our minds are 'imprisoned' by our native language and yet it sheds light on how our native language may influence which aspects of life are most prominent in our thoughts.

Deutscher's take that language influences our thought processes (or worldview, you might say), is further support that language learning must be world learning.  And it is good motivation to learn more than one "world" so to speak.

Might the reverse of Deutscher's claim be just as true?  That our worldview influences the development of our language?  Maybe your comments will influence a future post of mine on this.  What are your thoughts?"

Books I am Currently Studying

1. Introductory Logic by Douglas Wilson
    I became convinced, by Susan Wise Bauer in The Well-Trained Mind, that my educational background lacked a clear understanding of the conventions of logic.  Therefore, I have begun working my way through this course.  It is actually fun, and I am praying that the Lord might be pleased to use it to improve my discernment.

2. The Learnables and Basic Structures: French
    Like I said, France is just around the corner for us.  Parlez vous francais?  If you don't and you are interested in learning, this is a great comprehension based program for beginning.