Humboldt, Worldview and Language / / James Underhill.
With the loss of many of the world's languages, it is important to question what will be lost to humanity with their demise. It is frequently argued that a language engenders a 'worldview', but what do we mean by this term? Attributed to German politician and philologist Wilhelm von H...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I: Language and World
- 1 The Word is a World (La parole est un monde)
- 2 What Do We Have in Mind When We Talk about Language?
- 3 What Do We See in the Term Worldview?
- 4 Boas
- 5 Sapir
- 6 Whorf
- Part II: Humboldt, Man and Language
- 7 Worldview (Weltanschauung or Weltansicht)
- 8 Sprache
- 9 The Work of the Mind
- 10 Form
- 11 Creativity, Culture and Character
- 12 Catching the Character
- 13 A Seeing and Feeling Worldview
- 14 Four Dangers in the Comparative Approach
- 15 Reformulating the Worldview Hypothesis
- 16 A Final Word
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index