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Whorf (wôrf, hwôf), Benjamin Lee 1897-1941.

American linguist who developed what came to be known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in collaboration with his teacher Edward Sapir.

Whorf [wɔːf]

(Biographies / Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1897-1943) M, US, LANGUAGE: linguist) Benjamin Lee. 1897-1943, US linguist, who argued that human language determines perception See also Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis			Content analysis is a research methodology that recognises the importance of language in human cognition (Sapir 1944, Whorf 1956). WRKLFQUAL: a tool for measuring Quality of Work Life by Kandasamy, Indira; Sreekumar, Ancheri / Research and Practice in Human Resource Management He created the radio-interview-as-art form and established himself as one of America's most significant broadcasters and authors," WFMT program director Peter Whorf once said. Studs Terkel, author, activist, radio personality, dies at 96 by AFP / AFP American Edition [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Benjamin Whord Whorf joins Sapir to propose that language determines thinking patterns. Brazil's Piraha grasp numbers without words: study challenges ... by Bower, Bruce / Science News			whoop whoop it up whoop-de-doo whoopee whoopee cushion whooper whooper swan Whooping whooping cough whooping crane Whooping swan whoops whoosh Whoot whop whopper whopping whore whoredom whorehouse whoremaster Whoremasterly whoremonger whoremongery whoreson Whorf whorish whorl whorled whorled aster whorled caraway whorled loosestrife whorled milkweed Whorler whorlywort whort Whortle whortleberry whose Whosesoever whosis whoso whosoever Whot Whr whs. whsle whsle. whump whunk whup			whopping whopping Whoppix whops WHOQOL Whorage whore whore whore Whore for Whore Whore house Whore Pills Whore Pills whored whored whoredom whorehouse whorehouses whoremaster whoremaster whoremaster Whoremasterly whoremasters whoremonger whoremongers whoremongery whores whores whoreson whoresons Whorf Whorf, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Benjamin Lee whoring whoring whorish whorishly whorishness whorl whorl whorl whorl Whorl Maggot whorled whorled whorled whorled whorled aster whorled caraway whorled caraway whorled loosestrife whorled milkweed whorled milkweed Whorler whorling whorling whorling whorls whorls whorls whorlywort

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