the weak Sapir- Whorf Hypothesis

• who conducted this experiment

  Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf
• what did as this research about

  how language affects our thought processes
• what two theories were developed

  linguistic determinism

  linguistic relativity
• what does linguistic determinism suggests

  the language we use determines how we think.

  eg. fireman, postman, mothercare: suggests only one gender is appropriate for these roles
• what did julia stanley’s find within linguistic determinism

  there are more taboo labels for women’s sexual behaviour links to linguistic determinism and suggests that men and women should behave differently
• what does linguistic relativity suggest

  the language we use can influence how we think

  words like ‘darling’ and ‘sweetie’ are not appropriate to the workplace