Von der “Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese” bis zur modernen Psychologie, bekommt ein schnelles Gefühl für diese andauernde Debatte. Geht es bei Sprache um grammatikalische Universalien wie Nomen und Verben? Wie ist das Verhältnis von Sprache und Kultur? Text-Version dieser Lektion mit Links zu weiteren Quellen http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/linguistic-relativity.php Um weiterhin mehr über Sprache zu lernen, abonniert NativLang oder besucht: http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ Musik: Funkorama, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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