Humboldt, worldview and language

Humboldt, worldview and language

by Underhill, James W.

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This is a short academic introduction to the work of the German 19th-century philologist Wilhelm von Humboldt and with theories loosely referred to in connection with the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis.

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This is a short academic introduction to the work of the German 19th-century philologist Wilhelm von Humboldt and with theories loosely referred to in connection with the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis.

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  • Publication Date:2009

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  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780748640225, 0748640223, 9780748638420, 0748638423
  • oclc:ocn967388852
  • LC Classification:P107
  • Dewey Decimal:401

Table of Contents

The word is a world (La parole est un monde) -- What do we have in mind when we talk about language? -- What do we see in the term worldview? -- Boas -- Sapir -- Whorf -- Worldview (Weltanschauung or Weltansicht) -- Sprache -- The work of the mind -- Form -- Creativity, culture and character -- Catching the character -- A seeing and feeling worldview -- Four dangers in the comparative approach -- Reformulating the worldview hypothesis -- A final word.

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Denken Germany Humboldt, Wilhelm von Langage et langues -- Philosophie Language and languages -- Philosophy Philosophers Philosophers -- Germany Philosophes -- Allemagne Sprache Sprachliches Weltbild Sprachtheorie

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Underhill, James W.

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