Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0319 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Linguistic Relativity
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The idea
Linguistic relativity, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, holds that the language a person speaks shapes how that person perceives and categorizes experience.
In practice
A language marking evidence-source grammatically obliges its speakers to state how they know a thing.
Where people slip
Evidence supports a shaping influence; the strength of that influence is still disputed.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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