How language shapes a culture reality


Problem: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis explains how language shapes a culture's reality. Laura Bohannan, author of Shakespeare in the Bush, conducted a field experience with the Tiv of West Africa. She was interested in seeing how the Tiv translated the meaning of Shakespeare's story of Hamlet. Bohannan discovered that the meaning of Hamlet is: a. not culturally universal b. culturally universal (all cultures understand the cultural content of Hamlet) c. believed to be universal grammar d. nonsense e. none of the above

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