Dialogue at the margins: whorf, bakhtin and linguistic relativity
Auteur :
University of Wisconsin Press
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299127046
Date de publication :
30 nov. 1990
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
300 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Looks at the "linguistic relativity principle" of American linguist Benjamin Whorf, which is a focus of controversy among scholars. The author rereads Whorf in terms of Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and aims to offer a new dialogic interpretation of linguistic relativity.