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of time and reality. No matter what language you speak or your cultural background, each person is capable of independent thought. Each person has infinite possibilities for mental development and
growth. Thought is not limited by language. The idea that a persons language regulates that persons behavior and thought process has existed
since the early 1900s (1). This concept was first put forth by Edward Sapir who believed that the thought process and the language were interrelated and that individuals were affected
by their language (2). In other words, Sapir felt that individuals were confined to specific actions and deeds as a result of the limitations of their vocabularies. Benjamin
Whorf was a student of Sapirs and he soon accepted Sapirs ideas and eventually formulized this idea into what was originally known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (3). Today, if
more frequently called the Whorf hypothesis. This hypothesis postulates that language is not just the voicing of ideas, but it actually shapes the ideas or thoughts. This hypothesis has
created a great deal of debate among different people of different culture and languages. When you first consider this possibility, it seems reasonable.
Trying to convey the same idea in different languages requires that an individual makes different observations. For example, if you were asked to count a number of items on
a table, the response with regard to the number of items may be the same, but how you arrived at that response would be totally different (4). If you
are an English speaker, you only count the items and give the number. A person who speaks Russian would have to consider the gender of the objects and then
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