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The problem is that there isn't one "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis". There's a spectrum of such hypotheses, running the gamut from the mild "language has an affect on
by ubernostrum 17y ago
The problem is that there isn't one "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis". There's a spectrum of such hypotheses, running the gamut from the mild "language has an affect on how we think" up to the extreme "if your language uses the same word for blue and green then you'll be blue/green colorblind".
The extreme forms have been rather thoroughly debunked at this point. The milder forms verge on tautologies.
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago>The milder forms verge on tautologies. Exactly. The hypothesis is clearly false in any articulation strong enough to matter.
- scott_s 17y agoWhat is the weakest articulation that you think is clearly false?