934: Sapir's hypothesis on Eskimo Jun 30, 2017

Observations related to or based off of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis have led to some interesting conclusions, including why there would be so many Inuit words for 'snow'. Nevertheless, the hypothesis which states that the language one speaks is directly linked to the way someone thinks is sometimes used hypothetically. Sapir himself stated that “it may be suspected that the highly synthetic and periodic structure of Eskimo would more easily bear weight of Kant's terminology than his native German”. The concept that different aspects of language ranging from vocabulary to syntax determine cognition and perception can be interpreted in such a way that anything from colors to Kant relate to language would relate to language, and should not always be trusted.