Chao, a sales executive in Shanghai, works for Vitte Glass House, which is headquartered at California. Richard, the global head for sales and marketing from California, visits Shanghai to discuss future sales plans. During the presentation, Richard uses ideas that are difficult to directly communicate in Chinese. Chao has certain queries but cannot put them into words because he is unable to translate them into English. This dilemma is best explained by the ________.

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The linguistic determinism hypothesis suggests that the structure of a language can strongly influence or determine the way its speakers think and behave. In this scenario, Chao's difficulty in translating his thoughts from Chinese to English, thereby affecting his ability to communicate his queries, exemplifies this hypothesis.

Chao, a Sales Executive in Shanghai, Works for Vitte Glass