The best analogy for this linguistic influence is: "putting on a special pair of glasses that heighten some aspects of the physical and mental world while dimming others" (Mesthrie, Swann, Deumert and Leap, 2000, p.7). ... Linguists utilizing a Whorfian paradigm have argued that "objects or forces in the physical environment become labeled in language only if they have cultural significance" – that is, if they "take up the attention of the community" (Bonvillain, 2003, p. 47). Indigenous Native American Nations have consistently shown a preference for encodi...

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Language & Culture No one in other majors will be more sensitive than us about the relationship between language and culture since we are English majors. The exact nature of the relationship between language and culture has fascinated, and continues to fascinate, people from a wide variety of backg...

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