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The "Sapir-Whorf" hypothesis explores the relationship between which two concepts?

  • Linguistics and Anthropology

  • Music and Linguistics

  • Mathematics and Anthropology

  • None of the above

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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a linguistic theory that explores the relationship between language and culture. The hypothesis states that language influences the way people think about and perceive the world around them. This is because language provides a set of words and concepts that shape how we understand reality. For example, in English, we have a word for "snow" but not for "slush".
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