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单词 whorfian hypothesis
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Whorfian hypothesis
Designating the views and theories of B. L. Whorf, esp. in Whorfian hypothesis, the theory that one's perception of the world is influenced or determined by the structure of one's native language (also Whorf hypothesis). Cf. Sapir–Whorf hypothesis n.
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1957 R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) i. ii. 92 It is the extreme Whorfian position which Joshua Whatmough attacks.
1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics iii. 40 The view expressed in this quotation from Sapir has been championed more recently by Whorf, and has come to be known within linguistics as the ‘Whorfian hypothesis’.
1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics ii. 80 This is part of what has come to be known as the ‘Whorf hypothesis’.
1968 M. Black Labyrinth of Lang. iv. 75 Some interesting attempts have been made to determine the validity of Whorfian ideas.
1978 Language 54 167 His chapter on personal context contains discussions of the Whorfian hypothesis.
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