WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS


Meaning of WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS in English

ˈ(h)wȯrfēən noun

Usage: usually capitalized W

Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist + English -ian

: a theory in linguistics: an individual's language determines his conception of the world

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