Comparative study of language and cultural thinking between China and Russia in terms of linguistic relativity hypothesis

Gao Menlin'

Language, thinking and culture are interrelated and inseparable. The hypothesis of linguistic relativity explains in detail the relationship between language, thinking and culture. The hypothesis states that language influences thinking and that different languages reflect different worldviews. This article examines and studies the “uniqueness” of various ways of thinking in Chinese and Russian language thinking, as well as the “universality” of national habits and national spirit at the linguistic and cultural level.

Keywords:linguistic relativity hypothesis, culture, thinking, China and Russia.