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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Benjamin_Lee_WhorfBenjamin Lee Whorf - Wikipedia

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   Benjamin Lee Whorf (/ hw ɔːr f /; April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers perceive and conceptualize the world.

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   Apr 20, 2024 · Benjamin Lee Whorf was a U.S. linguist noted for his hypotheses regarding the relation of language to thinking and cognition and for his studies of Hebrew and Hebrew ideas, of Mexican and Mayan languages and dialects, and of the Hopi language.

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   Benjamin Lee Whorf. Every normal person in the world, past infancy in years, can and does talk. By virtue of that fact, every person — civilized or uncivilized — carries through life certain naive but deeply rooted ideas about talking and its relation to thinking.

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   Benjamin Lee Whorf (April 24, 1897 in Winthrop, Massachusetts – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist. Whorf is widely known for his ideas about linguistic relativity, the hypothesis that language influences thought.

6. www.simplypsychology.org › sapir-whorf-hypothesisSapir–Whorf hypothesis (Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis)

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   Sep 1, 2023 · Twentieth-century linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf are known for this very principle and its popularization. Their joint theory, known as the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis or, more commonly, the Theory of Linguistic Relativity, holds great significance in all scopes of communication theories.

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   May 11, 2018 · American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) is remembered for a group of speculative ideas about thought and language that remain controversial but have exerted strong influence on popular scientific thinking.

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   Who was Benjamin Lee Whorf?

   • Benjamin Lee Whorf >American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) is remembered for a >group of speculative ideas about thought and language that remain >controversial but have exerted strong influence on popular scientific >thinking.

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   • Benjamin Lee Whorf ( / hwɔːrf /; April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers perceive and conceptualize the world.

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   What did Benjamin Lee Whorf study?

   • Benjamin Lee Whorf (born April 24, 1897, Winthrop, Mass., U.S.—died July 26, 1941, Wethersfield, Conn.) was a U.S. linguist noted for his hypotheses regarding the relation of language to thinking and cognition and for his studies of Hebrew and Hebrew ideas, of Mexican and Mayan languages and dialects, and of the Hopi language.

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   Did Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf co-author a hypothesis?

   • The hypothesis is named after anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir and his student, Benjamin Lee Whorf. While the hypothesis is named after them both, the two never actually formally co-authored a coherent hypothesis together.

   The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: How Language Influences How We Express

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   Aug 27, 2023 · What to Know About the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The hypothesis is named after anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir and his student, Benjamin Lee Whorf. While the hypothesis is named after them both, the two never actually formally co-authored a coherent hypothesis together.