 | Benjamin Lee Whorf - 1950 - 60 pàgines
...and by which to some degree it is analyzed, classified, and allotted its place in that world which is "to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group." And we always assume that the linguistic analysis made by our group reflects reality better than it... | |
 | Benjamin Lee Whorf - 1956 - 302 pàgines
...language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to...unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group. . . . We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of... | |
 | Penny Mukherji, Teresa O'Dea - 2000 - 196 pàgines
...mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. . . . The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built upon the language habits of the group.' Arguments for and against this view have continued since it... | |
 | Magda Stroinska - 2001 - 246 pàgines
...at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. [...T]he 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously...similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.2 The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world... | |
 | Roderick P. Hart, Daron R. Shaw, Daron Shaw - 2001 - 274 pàgines
...language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to...unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group. (134) Political scientist Murray Edelman also expounded upon the impact of symbols in a political system,... | |
 | Julio Calvo Pérez - 2001 - 438 pàgines
...language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to...unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group [...] We see and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community... | |
 | Magda Stroinska - 2001 - 246 pàgines
...noticed the shared repertoire of metaphors and other stylistic devices. However, as Sapir had warned, 'no two languages are ever sufficiently similar to...considered as representing the same social reality' (Sapir 1949: 162). It would be misleading to simply translate seemingly easy Nazi key words, such as... | |
 | Anna Livia - 2000 - 248 pàgines
...language is merely an incidental means for solving specific problems of communication and reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group. (Sapir 1929; quoted in Miilhausler and Harre 1990, 3). If one... | |
 | Ida Magli - 2001 - 188 pàgines
...According to Sapir, no two languages are so similar that they can be considered representatives of the same social reality; the worlds in which different societies live are different worlds, and not simply the same world with different labels. In Sapir (as in Ruth Benedict)... | |
 | African Literature Association. Meeting - 2002 - 220 pàgines
...expression for their society.... The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent built up on the language habits of the group. No two...considered as representing the same social reality" ("Status" 209). Unfortunately, Sapir did not elaborate on the notion of "language habits," and his... | |
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It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language, and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real... 
