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Thu Jan 29 2015

Books: Benjamin Whorf, die Sumerer und der Einfluss der Sprache auf das Denken: Fink

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Date: 04-Dec-2014
From: Krista Zimmer <kristaisdistribution.com>
Subject: Benjamin Whorf, die Sumerer und der Einfluss der Sprache auf das Denken: Fink
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Title: Benjamin Whorf, die Sumerer und der Einfluss der Sprache auf das
Denken
Series Title: Philippika 70
Published: 2014
Publisher: ISD, Distributor of Scholarly Books
                http://www.isdistribution.com

Book URL: http://www.isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=44387

Author: Sebastian Fink
Paperback: ISBN: 9783447101387 Pages: 240 Price: U.S. $ 75.00
Abstract:

Sebastian Fink asks how language influences thought and tries to determine whether there is a method which allows us to draw conclusions about thought by looking at a linguistic structure. In order to do this he starts by looking at philosophers and philologists who have dealt extensively with the connection between language and thought. The result is a catalog of theories on the influence of language on thought which - at least in theory - can be applied to any individual language. An attempt to apply these theories to the Sumerian language makes up the final part of the publication in which it attempts to show in how far this approach to language as a source for intellectual history can prove useful. For readers without previous knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern Studies the title provides some introductory remarks on cuneiform, on the controversy surrounding lexical lists and on Sumerian grammar. (Harrassowitz Verlag 2014)

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                            Historical Linguistics
                            Linguistic Theories
                            Writing Systems

Subject Language(s): Sumerian (sux)
Areal Regions: Near Eastern

Written In: German (deu)

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