Thinking Clearly & Being Understood Requires Correct Terminology and Words →

Language is more than just a communication tool – it determines our perception of reality and influences our behavior. This view of language is known as the “Sapir-Whorf-theory” and “Linguistic Relativity.”

The idea of linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition. Thus, individuals' languages determine or shape their perceptions of the world.

Linguistic Determinism says that language determines thought and that linguistic categories limit and restrict cognitive categories.