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« Night 16 — Strange but True

Night 20 — Linguistic Relativism at Work

Not a pretty sight

Not a pretty sight

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf’s hypothesis of linguistic relativism argues that the language we speak reflects our view of the world – for example, the Eskimos have dozens of words for snow.

The Arabic word for winter is shita. Seems about right!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 at 11:39 am by Michael Novinson '10 and is filed under Uncategorized, marquee. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “Night 20 — Linguistic Relativism at Work”

  1. Great Egypt Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Winter in the desert is not what you expect of Egypt.

    Nice Pic!

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