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Language diversity and thought : a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis, John A. Lucy

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Language diversity and thought examines the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language we speak affects the way we think about reality. Adopting an historical approach, the book reviews the various lines of empirical inquiry which arose in America in response to the ideas of anthropologists Edward Sapir and Benjamin L. Whorf. John Lucy asks why there has been so little fruitful empirical research on this problem and what lessons can be learned from past work. He then proposes a new, more adequate approach to future empirical research. A companion volume, Grammatical categories and cognition, illustrates the proposed approach with an original case study. The study compares the grammar of American English with that of Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in southeastern Mexico, and then identifies distinctive patterns of thinking related to the differences between the two languages
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xi, 328 pages
Contents
  • The relation of languages to thought and culture
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: typical ethnographic case studies
  • Grammar as a direct reflection of culture: the work of Lee
  • Grammar as language, vocabulary as culture: the work of Mathiot
  • Thematic parallels between language and culture: the work of Hoijer
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: theoretical and methodological advances
  • Controlled comparison of structural diversity
  • Diversity in the cultural uses of language
  • Susceptibility to awareness of language structure and function
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on the lexical coding of color
  • General orientation
  • The psycholinguistic approach to the relativity question
  • Linguistic structure as a determinant of color cognition
  • Color cognition as a determinant of linguistic structure
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on grammatical categories
  • Form classes and habitual classification
  • Logical connectors and formal reasoning
  • Overall conclusions
  • Overview and assessment of previous empirical research
  • Overview of past empirical research
  • Focus of the present research
  • Overview of the research
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Boas and Sapir
  • Language as the reflection of culture: Boas
  • Language and the relativity of the form of thought: Sapir
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Whorf
  • The linguistic analysis of experience
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9780521387972
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Language diversity and thought : a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis
Title
Language diversity and thought
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a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis
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John A. Lucy
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Language
eng
Summary
Language diversity and thought examines the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language we speak affects the way we think about reality. Adopting an historical approach, the book reviews the various lines of empirical inquiry which arose in America in response to the ideas of anthropologists Edward Sapir and Benjamin L. Whorf. John Lucy asks why there has been so little fruitful empirical research on this problem and what lessons can be learned from past work. He then proposes a new, more adequate approach to future empirical research. A companion volume, Grammatical categories and cognition, illustrates the proposed approach with an original case study. The study compares the grammar of American English with that of Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in southeastern Mexico, and then identifies distinctive patterns of thinking related to the differences between the two languages
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1949-
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Lucy, John Arthur
Index
index present
LC call number
P35
LC item number
.L84 1992
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
  • Language and languages
  • Thought and thinking
  • Lenguaje y lenguas
  • Pensamiento
  • Sapir-Whorf, Hypothèse de
  • Variation (Linguistique)
  • Pensée
  • Language and languages
  • Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
  • Thought and thinking
  • Sapir-Whorf-hypothese
  • Taal
  • Denken
  • Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese
  • Denken
  • Sprache
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Language diversity and thought : a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis, John A. Lucy
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-321) and index
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volume
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Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The relation of languages to thought and culture
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: typical ethnographic case studies
  • Grammar as a direct reflection of culture: the work of Lee
  • Grammar as language, vocabulary as culture: the work of Mathiot
  • Thematic parallels between language and culture: the work of Hoijer
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: theoretical and methodological advances
  • Controlled comparison of structural diversity
  • Diversity in the cultural uses of language
  • Susceptibility to awareness of language structure and function
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on the lexical coding of color
  • General orientation
  • The psycholinguistic approach to the relativity question
  • Linguistic structure as a determinant of color cognition
  • Color cognition as a determinant of linguistic structure
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on grammatical categories
  • Form classes and habitual classification
  • Logical connectors and formal reasoning
  • Overall conclusions
  • Overview and assessment of previous empirical research
  • Overview of past empirical research
  • Focus of the present research
  • Overview of the research
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Boas and Sapir
  • Language as the reflection of culture: Boas
  • Language and the relativity of the form of thought: Sapir
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Whorf
  • The linguistic analysis of experience
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 328 pages
Isbn
9780521387972
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
91027644
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)24174700
  • (OCoLC)ocm24174700
Label
Language diversity and thought : a reformulation of the linguistic relativity hypothesis, John A. Lucy
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-321) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The relation of languages to thought and culture
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: typical ethnographic case studies
  • Grammar as a direct reflection of culture: the work of Lee
  • Grammar as language, vocabulary as culture: the work of Mathiot
  • Thematic parallels between language and culture: the work of Hoijer
  • Approaches in anthropological linguistics: theoretical and methodological advances
  • Controlled comparison of structural diversity
  • Diversity in the cultural uses of language
  • Susceptibility to awareness of language structure and function
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on the lexical coding of color
  • General orientation
  • The psycholinguistic approach to the relativity question
  • Linguistic structure as a determinant of color cognition
  • Color cognition as a determinant of linguistic structure
  • Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on grammatical categories
  • Form classes and habitual classification
  • Logical connectors and formal reasoning
  • Overall conclusions
  • Overview and assessment of previous empirical research
  • Overview of past empirical research
  • Focus of the present research
  • Overview of the research
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Boas and Sapir
  • Language as the reflection of culture: Boas
  • Language and the relativity of the form of thought: Sapir
  • Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Whorf
  • The linguistic analysis of experience
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 328 pages
Isbn
9780521387972
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
91027644
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)24174700
  • (OCoLC)ocm24174700

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