“The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language.”

Benjamin Lee Whorf

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About Benjamin Lee Whorf

Linguist American

Benjamin Lee Whorf was an influential American linguist and fire prevention engineer known for his groundbreaking work in linguistic relativity. He developed the principle, often called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which...

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