Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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专有名词
  1. The hypothesis that the structure of a language affects the worldview or cognition of its speakers.
    — Newspeak sets the scene of linguistic determinism, where language is hypothesised to influence or control a people group’s thought processes. In popular terms, this has been referred to as part of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, or an aspect of linguistic relativity, where individuals perceive the world based on the structure of their habitually-used language.

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the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis canonical

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Named after two researchers, Edward Sapir and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf, who observed that linguistic differences have consequences in human cognition and behavior.
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