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adding to your sociolinguistic bookcase
For the advanced learner sociolinguist this is a vital book, offering well written, well presented ideas on the theories regarding Whorf and others. A valuable addition to the linguistic texts on your desk and bookcase.
Published on August 30, 2007 by C. Lockwood
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Research about linguistic relativity promises fascinating reading. Unfortunately, the majority of articles in the book are dry, dusty and full of overly academic language. The only piece really worth reading is Bowerman's article on the spacial categories of children which shows how differences in the perception of spacial relationsships (up/down, into, out of...) are...
Published on July 13, 2000 by daniel_sp
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This review is from: Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) (Paperback)
For the advanced learner sociolinguist this is a vital book, offering well written, well presented ideas on the theories regarding Whorf and others.
A valuable addition to the linguistic texts on your desk and bookcase.
5 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
fails to convince,
This review is from: Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) (Hardcover)
Research about linguistic relativity promises fascinating reading. Unfortunately, the majority of articles in the book are dry, dusty and full of overly academic language. The only piece really worth reading is Bowerman's article on the spacial categories of children which shows how differences in the perception of spacial relationsships (up/down, into, out of...) are linguistically encoded.
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Rethinking Linguistic Relativity (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) by John J. Gumperz (Paperback - July 13, 1996)
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