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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

claim that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition
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Summary

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a scientific hypothesis[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of scientific hypothesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,229 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Edward Sapir[3], Benjamin Lee Whorf[4]
  • Subclass of: linguistic relativism[5]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[6]
  • Facet of: language error[7]
  • Described by source: Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[8]
  • Partially coincident with: linguistic relativism[9], linguistic determinism[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/sapir-whorf[11]
  • Has effect: language error[12]
  • Different from: Wolffianism[13]
  • Studied by: cognitive linguistics[14], sociolinguistics[15]

Why It Matters

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Benjamin Lee Whorf Edward Sapir sociolinguistics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Studied by → cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics
    Facet of → language error
    Has effect → language error
    Instance of → scientific hypothesis
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