Wilhelm von Humboldt's Conception of Linguistic Relativity

133 Pages·1967·3.496 MB·English

by  Roger Langham Brown

ROGER LANGHAM BROWN
Wilhelm von Humboldt’s
Conception
of
Linguistic Relativity
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WILHELMV ON HUMBOLDT'CSO NCEPTION
OF LINGUISTREILCA TIVITY
JANUA LINGUARUM
STUDIAM EMORIAE
NICOLAIV AN WIJDKE DICATA
edencduar at
C.H .V AN SCHOONEVELD
INDIANUNAIVER SITY
SERIESM INOR
NR.L XV
1967
MOUTON
THE HAGUE·P ARIS
WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT'S
CONCEPTION
OF LINGUISTICR ELATIVITY
by
ROGER LANGHAM BROWN
UNIVERSITYO F LEICESTER
1967
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TABLEO F CONTENTS
I.I ntrodu.c tion 9
IIT.h eoroifet sh eO rigoifnL anguage 24
IllO.r ganMiect aphoofLr asn gua.g e 40
IV.L anguaagnedT hought 54
V.E nvironNmaetnito,Cn haalr acatnedLr a,n gua.g e 69
VI.L anguaagnedP erception 85
VIIL.a nguaUgnei verasnadCl osm paraLtiinvguei stic9s6
VIIIH.u mbolCdotn'cse potfiL oinn guiRsetliact i.v it1y09
Bibglriaoph.y 121
IndeoxfP ersoNnasm'e .s 131
I
INTRODUCTION
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