Ans1 In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis explains that there are particul

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Ans1 In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis explains

that there are particular thoughts of an individual in

one language that cannot be understood by those

who live in another language.The manner in which people think is

strongly impacted by their native languages

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Content and structure of a language strongly ascertain the content and structure of that culture.

Two aspects : Linguistic determinism and Linguistic relativity.

Linguistic Determinism: the language we utilize (to some extent) determines the way in which we view and think about the world around us.

Linguistic relativity: distinctions encoded in a particular language are unique to that language

The hypothesis teaches that that using one language to directly translate foreign cultural concepts is fraught with problems

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Ans 3 A example Whorf used to support his theory was the number of words the Inuit people have for ‘snow.’ He claimed that as snow is an important part of their daily lives and that they have many varied uses for snow that they perceive snow differently than someone who lives in a less snow-dependent environment
ans 4=Body language plays an important role in communication.

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According to _____, when people use language, they are used by it as well. A Sapir and Whorf B  Conrad and Macom C None of the answers are correct

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