... have an effect on societal attitudes and behavior. 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). While the hypothesis in its strong form, complete linguistic determinism, has been severely critiqued ... p. 57) – simply stated, the difference between a privileging of a bay over a bridge by people. Linguists utilizing a Whorfian paradigm have argued that "objects or forces in the physical environment become labeled in ...

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