Language in Mind: Advances in the Study of Language and Thought

by Susan Goldin-Meadow and Dedre Gentner

Book Overview

The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think has evoked perennial fascination and intense controversy. According to the strong version of this hypothesis, called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis after the American linguists who propounded it, languages vary in their semantic partitioning of the world, and the structure of one's language influences how one understands the world. Thus speakers of different languages perceive the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262571633
• ISBN13: 9780262571630
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher