Predispositions

"Predispositions" in a Sentence (1 examples)

Benjamin Whorf hypothesized that the grammar of a language not only acts as a tool for voicing ideas but even moulds those same ideas. Ronald Wardhaugh challenges this assumption, declaring that it is possible to talk about anything whatsoever in any language: “Every natural language is a rich system which readily allows its speakers to overcome any predispositions.”

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