| 单词 | sapir-whorf hypothesis |
| 释义 | Sapir-Whorf hypothesis[ suh-peer-hwawrf, -hwohrf, -wawrf, -wohrf ] / səˈpɪərˈʰwɔrf, -ˈʰwoʊrf, -ˈwɔrf, -ˈwoʊrf / nouna theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf that states that the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken. Also called Whorfian hypothesis. Origin of Sapir-Whorf hypothesisFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby Sapir-Whorf hypothesissapient, sapiential, sapindaceous, sapiosexual, Sapir, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, sapless, sapling, sapo-, sapodilla, sapodilla family Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Sapir-Whorf hypothesisSapir-Whorf hypothesis nounthe theory that human languages determine the structure of the real world as perceived by human beings, rather than vice versa, and that this structure is different and incommensurable from one language to another Word Origin for Sapir-Whorf hypothesisnamed after Edward Sapir (1884–1939), US anthropologist and linguist, and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1943), US linguist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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