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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
 
SYLLABICATION:Sa·pir-Whorf hypothesis
PRONUNCIATION:  s-pîrwôrf, -hwôrf
NOUN: A hypothesis holding that the structure of a language affects the perceptions of reality of its speakers and thus influences their thought patterns and worldviews.
ETYMOLOGY:After Edward Sapir and WhorfBenjamin Lee.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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  Sapir, Edward sapless  
 
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