These notes on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis concerning linguistic relativity and determinism are from a book on 'The Act of Writing' by Daniel Chandler.

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Item # Date Time Recs Subject 000563 91/09/27 09:46 137 2.572 Whorf and Warning 000575 91/09/28 21:31 151 2.588 Responses: Whorf, Einstein, Change 000585 91/09/30 09:20 92 2.594 Queries: Punjabi, Whorf, Text Analysis 000594 91/10/01 09:26 150 2.603 Whorf and Plurals 000601 91/10/07 14:38 194 2.610 Washing, Whorf and Whenever 000623 91/10/09 11:36 159 2.632 Whorf 000627 ...

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Human ecology Language Observations on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Draft Introduction Uses of the SWH Classifications of the SWH (Reworked below) Does the SWH have anything useful to say to science Classification above, but relating more to the question Links at this site... Links to other sites... Created 15/11/99 Last modified 4/2/00 ...

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis From George Orwell's 1984 (1948): The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc , but to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought--that is, a thought diverging ...