Whorf, B: Language, Thought and Reality
(Sprache: Englisch)
The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897--1941) grasped therelationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape ourinnermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and ourways of thinking about it are...
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The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897--1941) grasped therelationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape ourinnermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and ourways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages wespeak. The writings collected in this volume include important papers on the Maya, Hopi, and Shawnee languages as well as more general reflections on language andmeaning.
Autoren-Porträt von Benjamin Lee Whorf
Benjamin Lee Whorf, originally trained as a chemical engineer, began his work in linguistics in the 1920s and became well known for his studies of the Hopi language. He studied with the famous linguist Edward Sapir at Yale University, formulating with him the Sapir--Whorf Hypothesis of linguistic relativity.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Benjamin Lee Whorf
- Maße: 13,2 x 20,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: John B. Carroll
- Verlag: The MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262730065
- ISBN-13: 9780262730068
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Englisch
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"An essay showing why Hopi is superior to English as a scientific language, a criticism of Basic English as Complex English, and an account of the semantics of fire prevention are not only readable but delightful."--The New Yorker
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