Humboldt, Worldview and Language.
Title:
Humboldt, Worldview and Language.
Author:
Underhill, James W.
ISBN:
9780748640225
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents:
COVER -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 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 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This is a short academic introduction to the work of the German 19th-century philologist, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and with theories loosely referred to in connection with the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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