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The Sapir Whorf hypothesis has long been debunked: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
by Maxatar 1y ago
The Sapir Whorf hypothesis has long been debunked:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
- oasisaimlessly 1y agoThe strong hypothesis has been debunked, yes, but nobody is asserting it. From your link: > Nevertheless, research has produced positive empirical evidence supporting a weaker version of linguistic relativity:[5][4] that a language's structures influence a speaker's perceptions, without strictly limiting or obstructing them.
- milesrout 1y ago[dead]