SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS


Meaning of SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS in English

sə¦pi(ə)rˈ(h)wȯ(ə)rf- noun

Usage: usually capitalized S&W

Etymology: after Edward Sapir died 1939 & Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American linguists

: whorfian hypothesis herein

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