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Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Although interest in the linguistic relativity hypothesis seems to
have waned in recent years, this thesis attempts to assess the
available evidence supporting it in order to show that further
investigation of the hypothesis might be most profitable. Special
attention is paid to the fact that anthropology has largely failed
to substantiate any claims that correlations between culture and
the semantics of language do exist. This has been due to the
impressionistic nature of the studies in this area. The use of
statistics and hypothesis testing to provide more rigorous methodology
is discussed in the hope that employing such paradigms would enable
anthropology to contribute some sound evidence regarding the
hypothesis.
have waned in recent years, this thesis attempts to assess the
available evidence supporting it in order to show that further
investigation of the hypothesis might be most profitable. Special
attention is paid to the fact that anthropology has largely failed
to substantiate any claims that correlations between culture and
the semantics of language do exist. This has been due to the
impressionistic nature of the studies in this area. The use of
statistics and hypothesis testing to provide more rigorous methodology
is discussed in the hope that employing such paradigms would enable
anthropology to contribute some sound evidence regarding the
hypothesis.
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