Rethinking Linguistic Relativity

Book Overview

Linguistic relativity is the claim that culture, through language, affects the way in which we think, and especially our classification of the experienced world. This book reexamines ideas about linguistic relativity in the light of new evidence and changes in theoretical climate. Parts I and II address the classical issues in the relation between thought and language, and the extent of linguistic and cultural universals. Parts III and IV show how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521448905
• ISBN13: 9780521448901
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"