Relativizing linguistic relativity : Investigating underlying assumptions about language in the neo-Whorfian literature
This work concerns the linguistic relativity hypothesis, also known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which, in its most general form claims that ‘lan-guage’ influences ‘thought’. Past studies into linguistic relativity have treated various aspects of both thought and language, but a growing body of li...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8679 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7182-8 |