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(linguistics) The principle that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

(linguistics) The principle that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Japanese Meaning

言語の構造が話者の世界観や認知に影響を与えるという原則 / 言語が人間の認識や思考に影響を及ぼすという理論

In our linguistics seminar, we spent an entire week debating the merits and limits of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

言語学のゼミで、私たちは一週間丸ごと、言語の構造が話者の世界観や認知に影響を与えるという仮説の長所と限界について議論した。

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(linguistics) The principle that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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