{"product_id":"language-diversity-and-thought-a-reformulation-of-the-linguistic-relativity-hypothesis-paperback-9780521387972","title":"Language Diversity and Thought; A Reformulation of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (Paperback) 9780521387972","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage Diversity and Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reformulation of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis on the relationship between grammar and thought.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn A. Lucy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521387972, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 July 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 14.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.565 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLanguage Diversity and Thought examines the Sapir–Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language we speak affects the way we think about reality. Adopting an historical approach, the book reviews the various lines of empirical inquiry which arose in America in response to the ideas of anthropologists Edward Sapir and Benjamin L. Whorf. John Lucy asks why there has been so little fruitful empirical research on this problem and what lessons can be learned from past work. He then proposes a new, more adequate approach to future empirical research. A companion volume, Grammatical Categories and Cognition, illustrates the proposed approach with an original case study. The study compares the grammar of American English with that of Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language spoken in southeastern Mexico, and then identifies distinctive patterns of thinking related to the differences between the two languages.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Boas and Sapir\u003cbr\u003e 2. Development of the linguistic relativity hypothesis in America: Whorf\u003cbr\u003e 3. Approaches in anthropological linguistics: typical ethnographic case studies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Approaches in anthropological linguistics: theoretical and methodological advances\u003cbr\u003e 5. Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on the lexical coding of colour\u003cbr\u003e 6. Approaches in comparative psycholinguistics: experimental studies on grammatical categories\u003cbr\u003e 7. Overview and assessment of previous empirical research\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004436762904,"sku":"9780521387972","price":37.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521387972i_2940a61c-de04-4126-be49-b125d9943ca9.jpg?v=1691376204","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-diversity-and-thought-a-reformulation-of-the-linguistic-relativity-hypothesis-paperback-9780521387972","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}