If this theory is inadequate, though, what are we left with? We are left with a theory in which grammar—the mechanics of language—is much less important than the culture-based meanings and constraints on talking of each specific culture in the world. And if this is correct, it has profound implications for the methodology of linguistics research. It means, again, that we cannot study languages effectively apart from their cultural context, especially languages whose cultures differ radically from the culture of the researcher.
