> [!Abstract] > Linguistic relativity asserts that language influences worldview or cognition. One form of linguistic relativity, linguistic determinism, regards peoples' languages as determining and influencing the scope of cultural perceptions of their surrounding world. (Wikipedia, 2024). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Philosophy of language]] >- **West** (similar): [[Cultural relativism]] >- **East** (different): [[Universal grammar]] (Noam Chomsky) >- **South** (downstream): —