sapir whorf hypothesis

Question 1

sapir whorf hypothesis?

Answer 1

think about concept - express in words - if culture does not have a word for an idea or object - cannot understand concept in same way than to cultures if they did have a word

Question 2

linguistic determinism?

Answer 2

structure of language shapes how we think

Question 3

hard version?

Answer 3

can’t even think about the ideas we do not have the words for

Question 4

soft version?

Answer 4

range of words we have for objects changes our perception of them

Question 5

example- the strong version?

Answer 5

franz boaz discovered how one injuit had 4 different words for snow - increased to 7 and there might be more - 27 words for snow

Question 6

example - weak version?

Answer 6

inut had specific words for instance “wet falling snow” - imagine what the types of snow may look like - even though there are not specific words for these in our culture - having these words helps it easier to distinguish between the different kinds of snow - words help to “carve up” world

Question 7

sapir whorf hypothesis - evaluation?

Answer 7

used to explain the cognitive underpeformance of poorer students - lacking complex vocab - form teachers into designing classes that improve vocab - improve general understanding of the world

differences of the number of words for objects - the way the languages are used may make perception limited - snow in english can be used with description words to add meaning like the word “soft”