1st Edition
Linguistic Relativity Today Language, Mind, Society, and the Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology
Contents
Preface
1. Overview
Prologue
Background
Linguistic Anthropology
Linguistic Relativity
Investigating Linguistic Relativity
Critiques
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
2. Early Research on Linguistic Relativity
Prologue
Franz Boas and Edward Sapir
Lev S. Vygotsky
Relevant Research Questions
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
3. The Whorfian Hypothesis
Prologue
The Hopi Language
Critical Reactions
Resurgence of Interest
Sound Symbolism
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
4. Vocabulary and Grammar
Prologue
Specialized Vocabulary
Kinship Terms
Color Terms
Grammar
Habitual Thought
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
5. Discourse and Translation
Prologue
Discursive Relativity
Translation
Machine Translation
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
6. Figurative Language
Prologue
Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Idealized Cognitive Models
Extensions
Epilogue
Discussion Questions and Activities
7. Computer-Mediated Communication, AI, and Artificial Languages
Prologue
Computer-Mediated Communication
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Languages
Epilogue
Implications of Linguistic Relativity
Concluding Remarks
Discussion Questions and Activities
Glossary
References
Index
Biography
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.
