CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Linguistic determinism is the strong form of linguistic relativity (popularly known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis), which argues that individuals experience the world based on the structure of the language they habitually use.

Detailed explanation-2: -The strong hypothesis of linguistic relativity, now referred to as linguistic determinism, says that language determines thought and that linguistic categories limit and determine cognitive categories. This hypothesis was held by some of the early linguists before World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “Whorf Hypothesis” (also known as the “Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis” or “Linguistic Relativism”) is an umbrella term for the claim that the language you speak determines or influences what you can think.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edward Sapir first described his theory of linguistic determinism in 1929. One common example of linguistic determinism is the idea that the Inuit have a much more sophisticated understanding of snow than people from other cultures do because Inuktitut has many different words for snow.