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Linguistic relativity

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Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition. One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism, regards peoples' languages as determining and influencing the scope of cultural perceptions of their surrounding world.

Linguistic relativity - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hypothesis of language influencing thought Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition . One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism , regards peoples' languages as determining and influencing the scope of cultural perceptions of their surrounding world. [ 1 ] Various colloquialisms refer to linguistic relativism: the Whorf hypothesis ; the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis ( / s ə ˌ p ɪər ˈ hw ɔːr f / sə- PEER WHORF ); the Whorf–Sapir hypothesis ; and Whorfianis

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