Benjamin Lee Whorf, an American linguist who died in 1941, held that each language encodes a worldview that significantly influences its speakers.

1941年去世的美国语言学家本杰明·李·沃尔夫认为，每种语言都蕴含着一种世界观，这种世界观会对使用者产生重大影响。

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And then the American linguist would say, "Yeah. We speak to our dogs."

然后这些美国的语言学家会说，“是啊，我们会和我们的狗说话”。

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American linguist Chomsky in the late 90's to become the present living paper cited the most often.

美国语言学家乔姆斯基在上世纪90年代就成了目前健在的论文被引用次数最多的人。

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And then the American linguist would say, "Yeah. We speak to our dogs."

然后这些美国的语言学家会说,"是啊,我们会和我们的狗说话"

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