As an example, the Sapir-whorf hypothesis is broadly accepted by Sociologists, but obviously it isn't a " scientific theory ."
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:: : : The idea that language effects the way one is able to conceptualize things is called the Sapir Whorf hypothesis or linguistic relativity.
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His work on communicating Gwich'in concepts of space and time may have also influenced Sapir's later work that established the Sapir Whorf hypothesis.
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The language is designed to shape the thought processes of its users, in the style of the Sapir Whorf hypothesis, in Zen-like fashion.
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Opponents to this theory maintain that thought exists prior to any conception of language, such as in the popular example of rainbows used in the Whorf hypothesis.
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Linguistic relativity has a link to a fairly vituperative essay, " The Great Whorf Hypothesis Hoax ", arguing that such a thing never even existed.
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Lee argued that previous explorations of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis had largely ignored Whorf's actual writings, and consequently asked questions very unlike those Whorf had asked.
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Harry Hoijer, one of Sapir's students, introduced the term " Sapir Whorf hypothesis ", even though the two scholars never formally advanced any such hypothesis.
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The study was intended to challenge the formerly prevailing theory of linguistic relativity set forth by chief linguistic figures Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf in the Sapir Whorf hypothesis.
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Andrews'proposition is conceptually derived from the Sapir Whorf Hypothesis, which proposes that the grammatical categories of a language shape the ideas, thoughts, and actions of the speaker.
