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  2. Linguistic relativity - Wikipedia

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    Recent studies have also used a "behavior-based" method, which starts by comparing behavior across linguistic groups and then searches for causes for that behavior in the linguistic system. [49] In an early example of this method, Whorf attributed the occurrence of fires at a chemical plant to the workers' use of the word 'empty' to describe ...

  3. Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate - Wikipedia

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    This theory states that the language a person speaks will affect the way that this person thinks. [1] The theory varies between two main proposals: that language structure determines how individuals perceive the world and that language structure influences the world view of speakers of a given language but does not determine it. [2]

  4. Language and thought - Wikipedia

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    The study of how language influences thought, and vice-versa, has a long history in a variety of fields. There are two bodies of thought forming around this debate. One body of thought stems from linguistics and is known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. There is a strong and a weak version of the hypothesis which argue for more or less ...

  5. Linguistic determinism - Wikipedia

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    The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis branches out into two theories: linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity. Linguistic determinism is viewed as the stronger form – because language is viewed as a complete barrier, a person is stuck with the perspective that the language enforces – while linguistic relativity is perceived as a weaker form of the theory because language is discussed as a ...

  6. Theory of language - Wikipedia

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    Saussure approaches the essence of language from two sides. For the one, he borrows ideas from Steinthal [31] and Durkheim, concluding that language is a 'social fact'. For the other, he creates a theory of language as a system in and for itself which arises from the association of concepts and words or expressions. Thus, language is a dual ...

  7. Language of thought hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    It describes the nature of thought as possessing "language-like" or compositional structure (sometimes known as mentalese). On this view, simple concepts combine in systematic ways (akin to the rules of grammar in language) to build thoughts. In its most basic form, the theory states that thought, like language, has syntax.

  8. Psycholinguistics - Wikipedia

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    Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects. [1] The discipline is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain; that is, the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend, and produce language.

  9. Sociology of culture - Wikipedia

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    6. Language: A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another. [10] 7. Arts and Literature: Products of human imagination expressed through art, music, literature, stories, and dance. 8. Forms of Government: How the culture distributes power. Who keeps order within the society, who protects them from danger, and who ...