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

Whorf, Benjamin Lee

 
9780262730068: Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0262730065 ISBN 13 : 9780262730068
Editeur : The MIT Press, 1964

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.

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
1964
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262730065
ISBN 13 
9780262730068
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
278
Éditeur
Carroll John B.
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