Humboldt, Worldview and Language

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

With the loss of many of the world's languages, it is important to question what will be lost to humanity with their demise. It is frequently argued that a language engenders a 'worldview', but what do we mean by this term? Attributed to German politician and philologist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), the term has since been adopted by numerous linguists. Within specialist circles it has become associated with what is known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis which suggests that the nature of a language influences the thought of its speakers and that different language patterns yield different patterns of thought.Underhill's concise and rigorously researched book clarifies the main ideas and proposals of Humboldt's linguistic philosophy and demonstrates the way his ideas can be adopted and adapted by thinkers and linguists today. A detailed glossary of terms is provided in order to clarify key concepts and to translate the German terms used by Humboldt.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-11
Mått:138 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt:233 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748668793

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James W. Underhill is a Professor at Rouen University, France. He has worked as a professional translator of both French and Czech and has published articles on poetics, metaphor and translation. He is the author of Creating Worldviews: Ideology, Metaphor and Language (Edinburgh University Press, 2011) and Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts: Truth, Love, Hate and War (Cambridge University Press, 2012). The Rouen Ethnolinguistics Project (REP) was founded by James W. Underhill in the framework of the ERIAC RESEARCH GROUP at the University of Rouen, in Northern France. REP aims to further investigations into the philosophy of language and explorations of worldviews. You can find out more about the project here: Rouen Ethnolinguistics Project

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A thoughtful and helpful contribution on an important topic.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Language and World; 1, The Word is a World (La parole est un monde); 2, What do we have in mind when we talk about language?; 3, What do we see in the term Worldview?; 4, Boas; 5, Sapir; 6, Whorf; Part II: Humboldt, Man and Language; 7, Worldview (Weltanschauung or Weltansicht); 8, Sprache; 9, The Work of the Mind; 10, Form; 11, Creativity, Culture and Character; 12, Catching the Character; 13, A Seeing and Feeling Worldview; 14, Four Dangers in the Comparative Approach; 15, Reformulating the Worldview Hypothesis; 16, A Final Word