Its weak form was studied by Alfred Bloom, who once tested the ability of some Chinese people to understand counterfactual statements, or statements that concern the implications as a result of unreal, hypothetical situations.
Its weak form was studied by Alfred Bloom, who once tested the ability of some Chinese people to understand counterfactual statements, or statements that concern the implications as a result of unreal, hypothetical situations. Chinese language does not contain counterfactuals, but English does, and Bloom noted that bilingual speakers used them in English but not Chinese. For 10 points--name this belief that language determines a perception of reality.
Its weak form was studied by Alfred Bloom, who once tested the ability of some Chinese people to understand counterfactual statements, or statements that concern the implications as a result of unreal, hypothetical situations.
{Sapir-Whorf} hypothesis or {linguistic relativity} hypothesis