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1、ArgumentsagainstSapir―WhorfHypothesis　　【Abstract】Onelong-standingclaimconcerningtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureofalanguageisthatlanguagesdeterminethewayspeakersofthatlanguageviewtheworld.ThisiswhattheSapir-WhorfHypothesisclaims.However，itistooabsolutefromtheviewoflanguageandworldviewands

2、econdlanguageacquisition.　　【Keywords】Sapir-WhorfHypothesis；languageandworldview；secondlanguageacquisition　　1.Question　　TheSapir-WhorfHypothesishastwoversions.Thestrongversionemphasizesthedecisiveroleoflanguageastheshaperofourthinkingpatterns.Theweakversionsuggeststhecorrelationbetweenlanguage，cul

3、ture，andthought，butthecross-culturaldifferencesthusproducedinourwaysofthinkingarerelative，ratherthancategorical（Hu&Jiang，2002）.Itistooabsoluteandmakesourperceptionmodelupsidedown.Thus，themainconcernofthispaperfocusesontheargumentsagainstthestrongversionofSapir-WhorfHypothesis.　　2.Sapir-WhorfHypot

4、hesis　　Sapirbelievedlanguageandculturewereinextricablyinacloserelationship.Onecouldnotunderstandtheotherwithoutsomeknowledgeofit（Carroll，1966）.Thestrongversionexpressestheideathatthelinguisticmodeldeterminespeople’swayofthinking，andthemodeofthinkingshapespeople’sworldview.　　3.ArgumentsagainstSapi

5、r-WhorfHypothesis　　SincetheSapir-Whorfhypothesiscanbeanalyzedandappliedinthefollowingfourparts，namely，languageandworldview，languageandgrammaticalstructure，languageandtranslationandsecondlanguageacquisition.Thispapermainlyfocusesonlanguageandworldviewandsecondlanguageacquisition.　　3.1Languageandwo

6、rldview　　Wegettheviewpointthatthelanguagesystemprovidesspecificsofone’sworldview.Thus，wecandeducethatpeoplespeakingthesamelanguagemayhavethesameworldview，includingallaspectsoflife.Oncontrary，peopleindifferentspeechcommunitieshavedifferentpolitical，social，religious，scientificandphilosophicalviews.

7、However，weallknowthetruththatpeopleindifferentcountriesmayhavethesamebeliefandbeloyaltothesamereligion.AccordingtothedataofWikipedia，therearealmost2billionpeoplewhoareChristiansallovertheworld（includingCatholics，Christ