Two linguists in the 1920s argued that the language you speak shapes h…

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Two linguists in the 1920s argued that the language you speak shapes how you see the world. Their claim is:

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D. The Sapir-Whorf idea

1. The pair were Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf.
2. It is also called linguistic relativity.
3. It is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e, Chapter 3, Culture._

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The high culture idea

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The diffusion idea

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The culture lag idea

Two linguists in the 1920s argued that the language you speak shapes how you see the world. Their claim is:

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