Which concept states that language determines culture and all thoughts/actions are controlled by language?

Which concept states that language determines culture and all thoughts/actions are controlled by language?

• A. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• B. Linguistic Determinism
• C. Linguistic Relativism
• D. Emergent Literacy

Answer: (B)

Language determinism, the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf idea, says that the structure of a language shapes and even limits what people can think and do, and that these cognitive patterns help mold culture. In this view, our thoughts and actions are essentially guided by the linguistic categories available to us, so culture follows from language. This is a stricter claim than linguistic relativity, which says language influences thought but doesn’t completely determine it. Emergent Literacy, on the other hand, deals with how children develop reading and writing skills, not with how language governs thought or culture. So the statement best fits linguistic determinism.

Language determinism, the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf idea, says that the structure of a language shapes and even limits what people can think and do, and that these cognitive patterns help mold culture. In this view, our thoughts and actions are essentially guided by the linguistic categories available to us, so culture follows from language. This is a stricter claim than linguistic relativity, which says language influences thought but doesn’t completely determine it. Emergent Literacy, on the other hand, deals with how children develop reading and writing skills, not with how language governs thought or culture. So the statement best fits linguistic determinism.