Linguistic Relativity Today: Language, Mind, Society, and the Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780367431730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str.

Marcel Danesi

Opis

This is the first textbook on the linguistic relativity hypothesis, presenting it in user-friendly language, yet analyzing all its premises in systematic ways. The hypothesis claims that there is an intrinsic interconnection between thought, language, and society.

O autorze

Marcel Danesi is Full Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on linguistic and semiotic topics, and was distinguished for his research by the Canadian government with a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada.