Does language shape how we think? Linguistic relativity & linguistic determinism -- Linguistics 101 @NativLang

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From the "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis" to modern psychology, get a quick feel for this ongoing debate. Is language about grammatical universals like nouns and verbs? What's the relationship between language and culture?

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