| Whorf, Benjamin |
 Photo of Benjamin Lee Whorf as a young man. (Source: Benjamin Lee Whorf Papers. Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library.) (1897 - 1941) He and Edward Sapir claimed that the structure of the language you speak is a key determinant in how you think about the world. This is known as the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. Note: For further analysis of this concept and its relationship to the English language's surprisingly large emotional vocabulary, click HERE. |
