Sapir-Whorf Picture

This is an image that helps explain the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The image is an example of how thoughts can be determined by the language in which you speak. This example shows Inuit being perplexed at the fact that language has so many variations for the word "no." The local area newspaper is titled "English have 10 times as many negative words," showing that certain words can have a wide variety of meaning in different cultures/languages.

Posted by Jeremy Gutovitz on February 24, 2016

Tags:
Linguistic Relativity;
American Indian

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