This man's studies of the Nahuatl can be found in his Loan Words in Ancient Mexico, and he developed many of his ideas while working for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. He believed that the Hopi language contained no con
This man's studies of the Nahuatl can be found in his Loan Words in Ancient Mexico, and he developed many of his ideas while working for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. He believed that the Hopi language contained no conception of time and no grammatical structure, and most of his essays are collected posthumously in Language, Thought, and Reality. He is most famous for advancing the idea that the language one speaks influences their perception of the world, an idea sometimes called "Linguistic relativity". For 10 points, name this linguist who has a famous hypothesis with his advisor Edward Sapir.
This man's studies of the Nahuatl can be found in his Loan Words in Ancient Mexico, and he developed many of his ideas while working for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.
Benjamin Lee {Whorf}