Because the Eskimo Language Has Many Words for Snow,the Strongest

question 25

Essay

 Because the Eskimo language has many words for snow,the strongest form of the Whorfian hypothesis maintains that Europeans could not understand snow as the Eskimo do.How could Europeans gain an appreciation for snow somewhat akin to the Eskimo and what would the Whorfian hypothesis have to say about this?

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