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| Sa·pir-Whorf hy·poth·e·sis [ sə pr wáwrf hīpòthəssəss ] |
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theory about language: the theory that the structure of a language helps determine how its native speakers perceive and categorize experience
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| [Mid 20th century. After Edward Sapir (1884-1939) and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941), U.S. linguists] |
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