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Publication details [#20581]

Martin, J.R. 1988. Grammatical conspiracies in Tagalog: Family, face, and fate - with regard to Benjamin Lee Whorf. In Gregory, Michael. Generic situation and register: A functional view of communication. In : 301–329. : 243–300.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

reality | syntax1

Language as a subject

English | Tagalog

Person as a subject

Whorf, B.L.

Annotation

In line with Whorf's hypothesis about linguistic relativity of the perception of `reality', the author examines the way in which our perception of social reality can be seen as determined or `biased' by certain recurrent grammatical patterns in language. Contrastive analysis of data from English and Tagalog (Philippines).