Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

noun

🔊/səˌpɪə ˈwɔːf haɪpɒθəsɪs/

🔊/səˌpɪr ˈwɔːrf haɪpɑːθəsɪs/

[singular] (linguistics语言学)

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the theory that the language that you speak has an important effect on the way you think