Sapir-Whorf hypothesis en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after two researchers, Edward Sapir and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf, who observed that linguistic differences have consequences in human cognition and behavior.
Meanings
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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.
2020 August 8, Zui, “Controlled Languages — Newspeak”, in The Language Closet:
Forms
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| the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis | canonical | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
pl hipoteza Sapira-Whorfa (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · pt hipótese de Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · eo hipotezo de Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · de Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · ja サピア・ウォーフの仮説 (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · ro ipoteza Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · cmn 薩丕爾-沃爾夫假說 /萨丕尔-沃尔夫假说 (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · it ipotesi di Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · nl Sapir-Whorfhypothese (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · fr hypothèse Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · es hipótesis de Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · hu Sapir–Whorf-hipotézis (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition) · fr hypothèse de Sapir-Whorf (principle that a language's structure affects its speakers' worldview or cognition)