James W. Underhill

Humboldt, Worldview and Language

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the linguistic philosophy of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Prussian philologist and politician. It clarifies the main ideas and proposals of Humboldt's linguistic philosophy and demonstrates the way his ideas can be adopted and adapted by thinkers and linguists today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780748668793
• ISBN-10: 0748668799
• Artikelnr.: 36839484

Autorenporträt

James W. Underhill is a Professor at Rouen University, France. He has worked as a professional translator of both French and Czech and has published articles on poetics, metaphor and translation. He is the author of Creating Worldviews: Ideology, Metaphor and Language (Edinburgh University Press, 2011) and Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts: Truth, Love, Hate and War (Cambridge University Press, 2012). The Rouen Ethnolinguistics Project (REP) was founded by James W. Underhill in the framework of the ERIAC RESEARCH GROUP at the University of Rouen, in Northern France. REP aims to further investigations into the philosophy of language and explorations of worldviews. You can find out more about the project here: Rouen Ethnolinguistics Project