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    It is not the case that Whorf's claim that the Hopi language lacks tense and temporal units is false

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    • 1.The Hopi language does have tense
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    • 2.The Hopi language has units of time such as days, weeks, months, and seasons
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    • 3.The Hopi language has terminology for yesterday and tomorrow
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    • 1.Ekkehart Malotki's 1983 linguistic study 'Hopi Time' documented extensive temporal vocabulary in Hopi, directly refuting Whorf's empirical claims.
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    • 2.Malotki identified Hopi verb forms encoding temporal distinctions analogous to tense, demonstrating Whorf's fieldwork was methodologically flawed.
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    • 3.Whorf had limited fluency in Hopi and relied on a single informant in New York, undermining the evidential basis for his sweeping generalizations.
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    • 1.Pinker's analysis in 'The Language Instinct' shows Whorf selectively ignored Hopi temporal expressions that contradicted his Sapir-Whorf hypothesis thesis.
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    • 2.The Hopi word 'talavi' means 'early morning' and similar deictic temporal terms confirm that temporal reference is grammatically encoded in the language.
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