巴西某部落不识“年月”只分“昼夜”
<p>研究人员发现，巴西亚马逊丛林中有一个名叫阿莫达瓦的部落，那里的人没有时间概念。在他们的语言中没有“时间”、“星期”、“月”和“年”等词语，只区分白天、黑夜、旱季和雨季。该部落的人们也没有年龄，而是根据每个人所处的生长阶段和在部落中的地位不断变换名字。比如，一个孩子长到一定阶段后就要换一个名字，他原来的名字就由新出生的小孩继续沿用。研究人员表示，这一发现说明时间并不是全球人们通用的一个计时概念；阿莫达瓦部落的人们不像我们这样受时间的负累，他们享受的是自由的生活。</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="Amazonian">Amazonian</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="dates">dates</span>, <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span>。</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="Amazonian">Amazonian</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="dates">dates</span>, <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span>。</p><p><span word="Professor">Professor</span> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Sinha">Sinha</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</span>, <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Amondawa">Amondawa</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="for">for</span> "<span word="time">time</span>", "<span word="week">week</span>", "<span word="month">month</span>" <span word="or">or</span> "<span word="year">year</span>"。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Language">Language</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cognition">Cognition</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="argues">argues</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deeply">deeply</span> <span word="entrenched">entrenched</span> <span word="universal">universal</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="concept">concept</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>。</p><p><span word="Prof">Prof</span> <span word="Sinha">Sinha</span> <span word="said">said</span>: "<span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Amondawa">Amondawa</span>, <span word="time">time</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="measured">measured</span>, <span word="counted">counted</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="abstract">abstract</span>。</p>
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