Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee WhorfContents - On the connection of ideas; On psychology; A central Mexican inscription combining Mexican and Maya day signs; The punctual and segmentative aspects of verbs in Hopi; An American Indian model of the universe; A linguistic consideration of thinking in primitive communities; Grammatical categories; Discussion of Hopi linguistics; Some verbal categories of Hopi; Language - plan and conception of arrangement; The relation of habitual thought and behavior to language; Gestalt technique of stem composition in Shawnee; Decipherment of the linguistic portion of the Maya hieroglyphs; Linguistic factors in the terminology of Hopi architecture; Science and linguistics; Linguistics as an exact science; Language and logic; Language, mind, and reality. |
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Contents
Introduction by John B Carroll 35 On the connection of ideas 1927 | 1 |
On psychology date unknown | 40 |
A central Mexican inscription combining Mexican and Maya day signs 1931 | 43 |
The punctual and segmentative aspects of verbs in Hopi 1936 | 51 |
An American Indian model of the universe circa 1936 | 57 |
A linguistic consideration of thinking in primitive communi ties circa 1936 | 65 |
Discussion of Hopi linguistics 1937 | 102 |
Some verbal categories of Hopi 1938 | 112 |
Decipherment of the linguistic portion of the Maya hiero | 173 |
glyphs 1940 | 175 |
Linguistic factors in the tcrminology of Hopi architccture 1940 | |
Science and linguistics 1940 | |
Linguistics as an exact science 1940 | |
Languages and logic 1941 | |
Language mind and reality 1941 | |
A Published writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf | |
plan and conception of arrangement 1938 | 125 |
The relation of habitual thought and behavior to language 1939 | 134 |
Gestalt technique of stem composition in Shawnee 1939 | 160 |
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| Title | Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf Language / Anthropology Issue 5 of M.I.T. Press paperback series Technology Press books in the social sciences Volume 5 of The M.I.T. Press paperback series. Language, Antrophology |
| Author | Benjamin Lee Whorf |
| Editors | Benjamin Lee Whorf, John B. Carroll, John Bissell Carroll, Stuart Chase |
| Contributors | John Bissell Carroll, Stuart Chase |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | MIT Press, 1956 |
| ISBN | 0262730065, 9780262730068 |
| Length | 278 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General |
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