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UNINA9910455271503321 |
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Autore |
Underhill James W (James William) |
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Titolo |
Humboldt, worldview and language / / James W. Underhill [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-7180-3 |
1-282-13661-5 |
9786612136610 |
0-7486-4022-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 161 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Philosophy |
Philosophers - Germany |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-159) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The word is a world (La parole est un monde) -- What do we have in mind when we talk about language? -- What do we see in the term worldview? -- Boas -- Sapir -- Whorf -- Worldview (Weltanschauung or Weltansicht) -- Sprache -- The work of the mind -- Form -- Creativity, culture and character -- Catching the character -- A seeing and feeling worldview -- Four dangers in the comparative approach -- Reformulating the worldview hypothesis -- A final word. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a short academic introduction to the work of the German 19th-century philologist Wilhelm von Humboldt and with theories loosely referred to in connection with the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis. |
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