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Linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf developed a hypothesis about the relationship between languages and people. Ac
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Linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf developed a hypothesis about the relationship between languages and people. According to the hypothesis, or the "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis": The amount of vocabulary people speak determines their personalities The amount of vocabulary people know indicates their IQ level The grammatical categories of different languages lead their speakers to think about things in particular ways The socio-economic status of people affects their use of grammar Personalities of people determine which slangs they use