EDWARD SAPIR E BENJAMIN LEE WHORF: PROSPETTIVE A CONFRONTO
EDWARD SAPIR AND BENJAMIN LEE WHORF: PERSPECTIVES AND CONCEPTS
Author(s): Francesco De CarolisSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: thought; language; linguistic determinism; anthropological relativism; semantics; human cultures.
Summary/Abstract: Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf: perspectives and concepts. The paper analyses some aspects of the linguistic theory of Sapir and Whorf and their hypothesis on the influence of language on our perception and idea of the world and reality. The paper highlights the relationship between the analysis of these two linguists and the reflection on the language from Wilhelm von Humboldt to Cassirer and the new anthropological theories of Boas.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 63/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 319-332
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Italian
