Benjamin Lee Whorf

Whorf, Benjamin Lee

Born Apr. 24, 1897, in Winthrop, Mass.; died July 26, 1941, in Wethersfield, Conn. American linguist and anthropologist.

Whorf graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1918 as a chemical engineer. In 1926 he began to study the relationship between language and thought, as well as the American Indian and Semitic languages. His early works dealt with the decipherment and linguistic interpretation of the Maya writing system, which in his innovative view was based partly on a phonetic principle. Under the influence of E. Sapir and as a result of his own studies of the Uto-Aztecan languages (especially Hopi), Whorf formulated a hypothesis of linguistic relativity that became known as the Whorfian hypothesis. Whorf contributed to the theory of grammatical categories in that he was the first to differentiate overt and covert categories in language.

WORKS

The Phonetic Value of Certain Characters in Maya Writing. Cambridge, Mass., 1933.
Language, Thought, and Reality, 2nd ed. Cambridge, Mass., 1966.

REFERENCE

Zvegintsev, V. A. “Teoretiko-lingvisticheskie predposylki gipotezy Sepira-Uorfa.” In the collection Novoe v lingvistike, fasc. 1. Moscow, 1960.

单词	benjamin lee whorf
释义	Benjamin Lee Whorf Whorf, Benjamin Lee Born Apr. 24, 1897, in Winthrop, Mass.; died July 26, 1941, in Wethersfield, Conn. American linguist and anthropologist. Whorf graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1918 as a chemical engineer. In 1926 he began to study the relationship between language and thought, as well as the American Indian and Semitic languages. His early works dealt with the decipherment and linguistic interpretation of the Maya writing system, which in his innovative view was based partly on a phonetic principle. Under the influence of E. Sapir and as a result of his own studies of the Uto-Aztecan languages (especially Hopi), Whorf formulated a hypothesis of linguistic relativity that became known as the Whorfian hypothesis. Whorf contributed to the theory of grammatical categories in that he was the first to differentiate overt and covert categories in language. WORKS The Phonetic Value of Certain Characters in Maya Writing. Cambridge, Mass., 1933. Language, Thought, and Reality, 2nd ed. Cambridge, Mass., 1966. REFERENCE Zvegintsev, V. A. “Teoretiko-lingvisticheskie predposylki gipotezy Sepira-Uorfa.” In the collection Novoe v lingvistike, fasc. 1. Moscow, 1960.
随便看	electronic warfare support measures electronic warfare-support measures electronic warfare support system electronic warfare survivability integration laboratory electronic warfare systems office electronic warfare tactics analysis program electronic warfare tactics range electronic warfare target list electronic warfare technician electronic warfare test facility electronic warfare threat environment simulation electronic warfare training device electronic warfare training squadron electronic warfare vulnerability analysis electronic warfare vulnerability analysis facility electronic warfare vulnerability assessment electronic warfare warning system electronic warfare working group electronic waste electronic waste recycling act of 2003 electronic waste recycling fee electronic watch electronic wedge brake electronic whiteboarding electronic white pages