Sapir and whorf's study points Flashcards

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What is the point in the weakness of this study ?

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Boas may have exaggerated the difference between language and culture

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What is the explanation of this evaluation paragraph ?

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Other researchers investigating this have suggested that Boas may have exaggerated the difference between Inuit and English speakers. Inuit’s only had two words for snow “Quanick” snow in the air and “Aput” snow on the ground and in english we have different way of describing snow

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What is the conclusion of this evaluation point ?

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This challenges the idea of language coming before thought this is because the language differences between inuit’s and the english may not be great

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