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The amateur linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf
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The environmentCulture The place where you live
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Hawaiians 108 65 47
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The Albanian language 27 different words for moustache Madh is a bushy moustache Posht is a moustache hanging down at the ends
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Chinese The words which actually show the kind of subjective view of the people towards time.
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???Otsakari samadeshda???
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“if it’s the will of God” “praise God”
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English The name The number of the house The street The district The city The country Chinese The country The city The district The street The number of the house The receiver
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Groups of humans perceive the world in a shared way and because of this they develop a language which shows this world view.
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The other people believed that there is a common core of language that’s universal for us to understand the general meaning of what someone from another culture is trying to say.
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We take an important step on the road to more effective inter-culture communication.
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Thank you for your attention!!!
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