Evidence for linguistic relativity / edited by Susanne Niemeier, René Dirven.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Niemeier, Susanne, 1960-

Dirven, René.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Historical Linguistics (11th : 1993 : University of California, Los Angeles)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 198.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical linguistics--Congresses.

Historical linguistics.

Discourse analysis--Congresses.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

xxi, 239 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume has arisen from the 26th International LAUD Symposium on "Humboldt and Whorf Revisited. Universal and Culture-Specific Conceptualizations in Grammar and Lexis". While contrasting two or more languages, the papers in this volume either provide empirical evidence confirming hypotheses related to linguistic relativity, or deal with methodological issues of empirical research.These new approaches to Whorf's hypotheses do not focus on mere theorizing but provide more and more empirical evidence gathered over the last years. They prove in a very sophisticated way that Whorf's ideas were very lucid ones, even if Whorf's insights were framed in a terminology which lacked the flexibility of linguistic categories developed over the last quarter of this century, especially in cognitive linguistics. To date, there is sufficient proof to claim that linguistic relativity is indeed a vital issue, and the current volume confirms a more general trend for rehabilitating Whorf's theory complex and also offers evidence for it. It contains articles written by scholars from various fields of linguistics including phonology, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, historical linguistics, anthropological linguistics and (cross-)cultural semantics, which all contribute to a re-evaluation and partial reformulation of Whorf's thinking.

Contents:

pt. 1. Evidence from language : production, interpretation, and change

pt. 2. Evidence beyond language : cognition, discourse, and culture.

Notes:

Papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held August 1993 at the University of California.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613121615

9781556199769

1556199767

9781283121613

1283121611

9789027284464

9027284466

OCLC:

741491870