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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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hipótesis de Sapir-Whorf
The hypothesis that the structure of a language affects the worldview or cognition of its speakers.
Newspeak sets the scene of linguistic determinism, where language is hypothesised to influence or control a people group’s thought processes. In popular terms, this has been referr…
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