Abstract
relativity which is known by various titles-the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Whorf Hypothesis, Whorf-Lee Hypothesis. Simple cultural relativity states that every human being is born into a cultural milieu which determines what elements of the world will be important to the individual by its methods of child rearing and cultural reinforcement. Whorf's particular addition to this principle of cultural relativity was his assertion of the primacy of language in this process of selection. In a famous quotation from his article Science and Linguistics, Whorf states this position succinctly:
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