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The influence of social, cultural, and natural factors on language structure

RBRobert Bascom · Jul 4, 2015, 3:53 AM · Last modified: Sep 28, 2026, 11:37 AM
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This is a draft version of what will be chapter one of a book on this subject. It is interesting to see a "weak" version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (which was never fully deterministic in any case) making a comeback.

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