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Cross-Linguistic Patterns in Language Processing

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What is the term for the idea that the structure of a language influences the way its speakers think?

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, also known as linguistic determinism or linguistic relativity, is the idea that the structure of a language influences the way its speakers think.

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