1984/03/01 by Paul Kay, Willett Kempton · 11 citations
Psychology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Categorization, perception, and language #Multisensory perception and integration #Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
paper · doi:10.1525/aa.1984.86.1.02a00050
openalex publication_date 1984/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
The history of empirical research on the Sapir‐Whorf hypothesis is reviewed. A more sensitive test of the hypothesis is devised and a clear Whorfian effect is detected in the domain of color. A specific mechanism is proposed to account for this effect and a second experiment, designed to block the hypothesized mechanism, is performed. The effect disappears as predicted. The Sapir‐Whorf hypothesis is reevaluated in the light of these results.