Re:Some People's Brains Are Wired for Languages
by learc83 on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @02:57PM
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Sapir-Whorf is not just "not fully accepted". Most linguists believe that linguistic determinism, which is what most people are talking about when they refer to Sapir-Whorf, is false.
Linguistic relativity is the weaker form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that is largely accepted, but it doesn't come close to supporting the 1984 can't form treasonous thoughts without the requisite language scenario.
Linguistic relativity is the weaker form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that is largely accepted, but it doesn't come close to supporting the 1984 can't form treasonous thoughts without the requisite language scenario.