Linguistic Determinism and Free Will and Determinism

Earlier in the semester I suggested that we had free will before language. I continued by saying that we now have our lives determined because of language. This connects directly with the idea of linguistic determinism. This is the theory that language shapes thought. I just thought that i would point out these connections because it has made me realize that all of the things that we talk about in this class are connected somehow. So, don't lament when a topic is over,I'm sure that somehow we will come back to it later!!