Linguistic Relativity versus Innate Ideas: The Origins of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in German Thought
β Scribed by Julia M. Penn
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 64
- Series
- Janua Linguarum. Series Minor; 120
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Introduction
I. The Hypothesis from Humboldt to Today
The Two Whorf Hypotheses
Humboldtβs Hypothesis
Sapirβs Position
Whorfβs Positions
A Modern Position: The Empirical Evidence
II. The Historical Perspective
The Hypothesis from Plato to Locke
Locke versus Leibnitz
Hamann and Herder versus Kant
Linguistic Relativity versus Rationalism
Bibliography
Index
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Language Diversity and Thought examines the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language that we speak affects the way we think about reality. Adopting a historical approach, the book reviews the various lines of empirical inquiry that arose