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SAPIR WHORF HYPOTHESISMajayla Holland

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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that reality is embedded in culture’s language and that language then controls thought and cultural norms

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FACTS

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No two languages are ever sufficiently

similar to be considered as

representing the same social reality.

-Edward Sapir

Language shapes the way we think, and

determines what we can think about. -Benjamin Whorf

In Culture’s Language

Reality Is Embedded

Creators of hypothesis

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Difference in Language represent basic differences in world view

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Living in our own part of the world we only know what our language permits us to know.

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Vocabulary richness reflects importance of thing’s and activities of our culture

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Not Sold?Criticisms of Sapir- Whorf

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Neither was Pinker (1994) who taught communication. If language

determined thought, thinking would be unattainable prior to acquiring a

language. (Example; vocally impaired can learn sign language)

Translatability it may take multiple words to translate a concept, but concepts can be understood across languages.

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Citations• Images:

• English Literature Center. (n.d.). Retrieved July 25, 2016, from http://englishliteraturecenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/language-and-culture-based-on-sapir.html

• Language and Cognition. (n.d.). Retrieved July 25, 2016, from https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/langco

• Text:• Jandt, F.E. (2016). An introduction to intercultural communication: Identities in a global

community.(8thEd.). Thousand Oaks,CA: SAGE Publications.