= Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate
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Linguistic relativity is a theory in linguistic anthropology and cognitive science, which suggests that the structure and vocabulary of a language influences its speakers' cognition, perception, and worldview. This idea is often associated with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, named after linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf. The hypothesis posits that speakers of different languages may think and perceive the world differently because of the linguistic categories and concepts available to them in their respective languages.
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