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Linguistic Relativity: Does Your Language Shape Your Reality?

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, commonly known as linguistic relativity, is one of the most fascinating ideas in the study of language and thought. It proposes that the structure and vocabulary of…
Posted by tesol April 12, 2014
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