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Who were the 19th century thinkers that the concept of linguistic relativity originated from according to Whorf?

  • Wilhelm von Humboldt and Wilhelm Wundt

  • Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung

  • Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

  • Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Answer

Linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, is a theory that suggests there's a relationship between language and thought, which was based on ideas introduced by 19th century thinkers such as Wilhelm von Humboldt and Wilhelm Wundt. Specifically, Theory proposes that the structure of a language influences the way its speakers perceive and conceptualize the world around them.
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