Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf - Couverture rigide

Whorf, Benjamin Lee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262230038 ISBN 13 : 9780262230032

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1956

Synopsis

Writings by the pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf, including his famous work on the Hopi language as well as general reflections on language and meaning.

The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak. The writings collected in this volume include important papers on the Maya, Hopi, and Shawnee languages as well as more general reflections on language and meaning.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1956
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262230038
• ISBN 13: 9780262230032
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Éditeur: Carroll John B.
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