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Publication details [#41911]

Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Person as a subject
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins

Annotation

Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) offered perspectives on language very compatible with the broader understanding of linguistics that now characterizes European pragmatics. This paper provides a brief introduction to Whorf, his life, his influence, and the current relevance of his theories about language in cognition and society.