... the concept cannot be understood by speakers of that language (Hunt & Agnoli, 1991). Furthermore, if thought does not occur outside linguistic restrictions, a word such as 'bank' could not have multiple meanings it possesses in the English language (Takano, 1989). However, although there is a lack of evidence for the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, a weaker version of linguistic relativity can not be ruled out (Hunt and Agnoli, 1991). This weaker version incorporates the idea that although language may not determine thought, it may influence perception and cognitive processing to an extent (Harley, 1995). Although this concept has often been dismissed as being "too vague too be useful" (Harley, 1995, p. 346), Hunt and Agnoli (1991) state that it can be quantified and evaluated using cognitive models which were unavailable to Whorf. Early evidence for the linguistic relativity hypothesis came from Whorf's (1956) many anthropological observations. However, ...

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