Linguistic Relativity Versus Innate Ideas: The Origins of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in German Thought

64 Pages·1972·1.278 MB·English

by  Julia M. Penn

Julia M. Penn
JANUA LINGUARUM
STUDIA MEMORIAE
NICOLAI VAN WIJKD EDICATA
edenda curat
C.H .V AN SCHOONEVELD
Indiana University
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LINGUISTIC RELAT IVITY
VERSUS INNATE IDEAS
TheO rigionfst heS apiWrh-orfH ypothesis
inG ermanT hought
by
JULIA M. PENN
1972
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PREFACE
Thep resesnttu dwya sc ompleteesds entiaasil tlny o ws tandisn
1966.
Relevasnttu diceosm pletuepdt ot hatti mew erer eviewed
andt hefiinrd inignsc orportaott ehdee xtetnhta t twheeryde e emed
importatnott heq uestipoonsse dS.i ncteh atti met,h ea uthor's
activihtaiveebs e eni n otfiheelrd Hso.w everc,o ncerwni tht he
Sapir-Whorf hypothesainsd i nctoenrtieinsnt tuh eems a nyq ues­
tionrsa isbeydt heh ypothehsaisns o td windlReedq.u esftosrt he
manuscrsiepetm etdo w arrainttps U blicaattit ohni tsi meI.ti s
offereidnt heh opet haptr eseinntv estigwaitlfiolnr dst heh istorical
andp hilosophaincaally saetst emptheedr teo b eo fr elevatnoc e
thet imelqeusess tiaobnosu tth er elatoifot nh ougthotl anguage.
Minneapolis JuliMa. Penn
1970
Spring,

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 9
10 THEH YPOTHEFSRIOSMH UMBOLDTTOT ODAY 13
TheT woW horHfy ptoheses 13
HumbolHdytpo'tssh ies 19
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SapiPro'sisio tn 23
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WhorPfo'ssi tions 28
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A ModerPno siinot:T heE mpirEivicdaeln ce 32
no THEH ISTORIPCEARLS PECT0 IV0 E• 0 40
TheH ypothfersoims PtloLa otcok e 40
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Lockvee rsLuesi bnitz 44
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Hamanann dH erder Kvaenrts us 48
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LinguRiesalttiicvv ietrysR uast ionalism 53
BIBLIOGRAPH0Y 57
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INDEX. . . .

INTRODUCTION
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