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Running Head : LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY ARGUMENT

The Linguistic Argument

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The Linguistic Relativity Argument

The linguistic relativity argument states that language-induced differences in thought generate different realities (Collin , 2002 br

.81 . Finn Collin (2002 ) identified two premises for the linguistic relativity argument (1 ) Language shapes thought more specifically that differences in language translate into differences in thought ' and (2 ) Through our thoughts

, language reality determines the way reality is divided up (Collin , 2002 ,

.81-82 . In line with this , Collin quotes Edward Sapir who states , The fact of the matter is that the `real world ' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group (2002 ,

.84 . The logical implication of such a view is that there is no single , determinate reality . There are realities . In a sense , these different realities are made possible by differences in language and thought

The linguistic relativity argument then , is accounting for social facts (social reality ) as a construction or generation by virtue of the different ways by which a linguistic community thinks , describes encounters or appropriates for itself , reality . Since linguistic communities vary in the ways by which they think , describe , encounter or appropriate for themselves what reality is , the implication is that different languages produce different realities , hence , dubbed the linguistic relativity argument . Following this train of thought , the basis...