The hypothesis of linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis / s ə ˌ p ɪər ˈ w ɔːr f /, the Whorf hypothesis, or Whorfianism, is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to their spoken language.. Linguistic relativity has been understood in many different ...

In linguistica, l'ipotesi di Sapir-Whorf (o Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, in sigla SWH), conosciuta anche come ipotesi della relatività linguistica, afferma che lo sviluppo cognitivo di ciascun essere umano è influenzato dalla lingua che parla. Nella sua forma più estrema, questa ipotesi assume che il modo di esprimersi determini il modo di pensare. L'ipotesi prende il nome dal linguista e ...

Linguistic determinism is the concept that language and its structures limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as well as thought processes such as categorization, memory, and perception.The term implies that people's native languages will affect their thought process and therefore people will have different thought processes based on their mother tongues.

Die Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese [ˈzaːpiɐ̯ ˈvɔʁf hypoˈteːzə] ist eine Annahme aus der Sprachwissenschaft (Linguistik), der zufolge die Sprache das Denken beeinflusst. Sie wurde postum abgeleitet aus Schriften von Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941), der sich wiederum auf seinen Lehrer Edward Sapir (1884–1939) berief. Den Ausdruck „Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese“ …

Jacques Sapir, né le 24 mars 1954 à Puteaux, est un économiste français.. Il a enseigné à l'université Paris-Nanterre, puis il est devenu directeur d'études à l'EHESS en 1996, après y être entré comme maître de conférences en 1990. Il dirige depuis 1996 le Centre d'études des modes d'industrialisation (CEMI-EHESS) ; il a été le responsable de la formation doctorale ...

エドワード・サピア（Edward Sapir [səˈpɪər], 1884年 1月26日 - 1939年 2月4日）は、アメリカの人類学者、言語学者。 アメリカの構造言語学を主導し、「サピア＝ウォーフの仮説」と呼ばれるようになった学説を提唱したことで知られる。