Marcel Danesi is Full Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on linguistic and semiotic topics, and was distinguished for his research by the Canadian government with a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada.

• ContentsPreface1. OverviewPrologueBackgroundLinguistic AnthropologyLinguistic Relativity Investigating Linguistic RelativityCritiquesEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities2. Early Research on Linguistic Relativity PrologueFranz Boas and Edward Sapir Lev S. VygotskyRelevant Research QuestionsEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities3. The Whorfian HypothesisPrologueThe Hopi LanguageCritical ReactionsResurgence of InterestSound SymbolismEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities4. Vocabulary and GrammarPrologueSpecialized VocabularyKinship TermsColor TermsGrammarHabitual ThoughtEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities5. Discourse and Translation PrologueDiscursive RelativityTranslation Machine TranslationEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities6. Figurative LanguagePrologueConceptual Metaphor TheoryIdealized Cognitive Models Extensions EpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities7. Computer-Mediated Communication, AI, and Artificial LanguagesPrologueComputer-Mediated CommunicationArtificial IntelligenceArtificial LanguagesEpilogueImplications of Linguistic RelativityConcluding Remarks Discussion Questions and ActivitiesGlossaryReferencesIndex

Marcel Danesi is Full Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on linguistic and semiotic topics, and was distinguished for his research by the Canadian government with a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada.

• ContentsPreface1. OverviewPrologueBackgroundLinguistic AnthropologyLinguistic Relativity Investigating Linguistic RelativityCritiquesEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities2. Early Research on Linguistic Relativity PrologueFranz Boas and Edward Sapir Lev S. VygotskyRelevant Research QuestionsEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities3. The Whorfian HypothesisPrologueThe Hopi LanguageCritical ReactionsResurgence of InterestSound SymbolismEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities4. Vocabulary and GrammarPrologueSpecialized VocabularyKinship TermsColor TermsGrammarHabitual ThoughtEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities5. Discourse and Translation PrologueDiscursive RelativityTranslation Machine TranslationEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities6. Figurative LanguagePrologueConceptual Metaphor TheoryIdealized Cognitive Models Extensions EpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities7. Computer-Mediated Communication, AI, and Artificial LanguagesPrologueComputer-Mediated CommunicationArtificial IntelligenceArtificial LanguagesEpilogueImplications of Linguistic RelativityConcluding Remarks Discussion Questions and ActivitiesGlossaryReferencesIndex

Marcel Danesi is Full Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on linguistic and semiotic topics, and was distinguished for his research by the Canadian government with a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada.

• ContentsPreface1. OverviewPrologueBackgroundLinguistic AnthropologyLinguistic Relativity Investigating Linguistic RelativityCritiquesEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities2. Early Research on Linguistic Relativity PrologueFranz Boas and Edward Sapir Lev S. VygotskyRelevant Research QuestionsEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities3. The Whorfian HypothesisPrologueThe Hopi LanguageCritical ReactionsResurgence of InterestSound SymbolismEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities4. Vocabulary and GrammarPrologueSpecialized VocabularyKinship TermsColor TermsGrammarHabitual ThoughtEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities5. Discourse and Translation PrologueDiscursive RelativityTranslation Machine TranslationEpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities6. Figurative LanguagePrologueConceptual Metaphor TheoryIdealized Cognitive Models Extensions EpilogueDiscussion Questions and Activities7. Computer-Mediated Communication, AI, and Artificial LanguagesPrologueComputer-Mediated CommunicationArtificial IntelligenceArtificial LanguagesEpilogueImplications of Linguistic RelativityConcluding Remarks Discussion Questions and ActivitiesGlossaryReferencesIndex