Whorfian hypothesis: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Verywell Mind - The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: How Language Influences How We Express Ourselves. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Linguistic Relativity. | Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Whorf hypothesis is supported in the right visual field but not the left. | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: How Language Influences How We Express Ourselves. | Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - Sapir�Whorf hypothesis (Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis). | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Probabilistic Inference: Evidence from the Domain of Color. | Nov 07, 2024 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 04, 2024 |
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