Evidence for Linguistic Relativity

Evidence for Linguistic Relativity

by Niemeier, Susanne

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This volume has arisen from the 26th International LAUD Symposium on "Humboldt and Whorf Revisited. Universal and Culture-Specific Conceptualizations in Grammar and Lexis". While contrasting two or more languages, the papers in this volume either provide empirical evidence confirming hypotheses related to linguistic relativity, or deal with methodological issues of empirical research. These new approaches to Whorf's hypotheses do not focus on mere theorizing but provide more and more empirical …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Evidence for Linguistic Relativity.

Summary

This volume has arisen from the 26th International LAUD Symposium on "Humboldt and Whorf Revisited. Universal and Culture-Specific Conceptualizations in Grammar and Lexis". While contrasting two or more languages, the papers in this volume either provide empirical evidence confirming hypotheses related to linguistic relativity, or deal with methodological issues of empirical research. These new approaches to Whorf's hypotheses do not focus on mere theorizing but provide more and more empirical evidence gathered over the last years. They prove in a very sophisticated way that Whorf's ideas were.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
  • Place of Publication:Amsterdam/Philadelphia
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789027284464, 9027284466
  • oclc:ocn741491870
  • LC Classification:P140
  • Dewey Decimal:417

Table of Contents

EVIDENCEFOR LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY; EVIDENCEFOR LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY; Editorial page; Editorial page; Title page; Title page; Copyright page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Table of contents; Preface; Preface; Introductory Comments; Introductory Comments; Part 1 Evidencefrom Language: Production, Interpretation, and Change; Part 1 Evidencefrom Language: Production, Interpretation, and Change; Linguistic Relativity in Speech Perception An Overview of the Influence of Language Experience on the Perception of Speech Sounds from Infancy to Adulthood.

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