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Linguistic Relativity versus Innate Ideas: The Origins of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in German Thought

✍ Scribed by Julia M. Penn


Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
1972
Tongue
English
Leaves
64
Series
Janua Linguarum. Series Minor; 120
Category
Library

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✦ Table of Contents


Introduction
I. The Hypothesis from Humboldt to Today
The Two Whorf Hypotheses
Humboldt’s Hypothesis
Sapir’s Position
Whorf’s 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


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