Hypothesis Vocabulary I Influence Language Sapir Whorf Thought Link

While it’s relatively uncontroversial that such a link exists, the strength of the link is hotly debated. An example of a strong statement of this hypothesis is the fictional Newspeak language in Orwell’s 1984, a language used as a tool of oppression that functions through the removal of the vocabulary of revolution. Personally I don’t believe the strong version of this hypothesis—in such a situation I’d assume the linguistically deprived citizens would plan their revolutions through circumlocution. The weaker form of the xxxxx-xxxxxxx hypothesis only claims that there is an influence between language and thought. 

For the same reason that we’re more likely to eat apples if there’s a pack of them in our homes, we’re more likely to think about and express concepts for which we have vocabulary conveniently at hand. Vocabulary packages and reifies our thoughts for our own future consumption and for communication with others. I think the weaker form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true, and from this assumption followed a “what if”: What if I invented my own vocabulary so as to influence how I thought about a particular field? Would the readily available invented jargon rush to mind and enable me to see in greater detail?