Linguistic relativity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search The hypothesis of linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis /səˌpɪər ˈwɔːrf/, 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 – Wikipedia
Was looking for a nice intro/overview piece to ‘phenomenological ontology’ but ran out of time.
A cogent response from John McWhorter:
Inspired by this Twitter exchange: