英语词汇“sapir-whorf hypothesis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	sapir-whorf hypothesis
释义	Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Sa·pir-Whorf hypothesis S0083150 (sə-pîr′wôrf′, -hwôrf′)n. A hypothesis holding that the structure of a language affects the perceptions of reality of its speakers and thus influences their thought patterns and worldviews. [After Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf.] Sapir-Whorf hypothesis n (Linguistics) the 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 [named after Edward Sapir (1884–1939), US anthropologist and linguist, and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1943), US linguist] Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Sapir-Whorf hypothesis the thesis that linguistic categories structure perceptual and cognitive ones. Two US anthropologists, Edward Sapir (1884-1934) and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) are credited with this theory of linguistic relativism. Essentially the position states that our language structures our perception of the world. Whorf demonstrates this with his work on Hopi Indians, who appeared to have different concepts of space, time and matter from 'Standard Average European’ language speakers. Another common example is the plurality of Inuit (Eskimo) words for 'snow’, supposedly illustrating that they are attuned to elements of their environment that a non-Inuit would be unable to recognize. The strong version of the hypothesis is now rarely accepted, but debate still continues as to where language ends and material culture and social structure begin. See also RELATIVISM, FORM OF LIFE. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (sə-pîr′wôrf′, -hwôrf′)n. A hypothesis holding that the structure of a language affects the perceptions of reality of its speakers and thus influences their thought patterns and worldviews.
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