Whorf Benjamin Lee
Related to Whorf Benjamin Lee: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Whorf
(wôrf, hwôrf), Benjamin Lee 1897-1941. American linguist who developed what came to be known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in collaboration with his teacher Edward Sapir.
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