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Publication details [#1611]

Bonheim, Helmut. 1980. Word invention and the history of affect. In Brettschneider, Gunter and Christian Lehmann, eds. Wege zur Universalienforschung: Sprachwissenschaftliche Beiträge zum 60. Geburtstag von Hansjakob Seiler. G. Narr. pp. 521–528.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

lexical change | Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Annotation

On the Whorfian hypothesis and the diachronic evolution of a language (in particular its vocabulary).