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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Benjamin_Lee_WhorfBenjamin Lee Whorf - Wikipedia

    Benjamin Lee Whorf ( / hwɔːrf /; April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer [1] best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers perceive and conceptualize the world. Whorf saw this idea, named after him and his ...

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Benjamin-Lee-WhorfBenjamin Lee Whorf | Linguistic Theory, Sapir-Whorf ...

    Apr 20, 2024 · Benjamin Lee Whorf (born April 24, 1897, Winthrop, Mass., U.S.—died July 26, 1941, Wethersfield, Conn.) was a U.S. linguist noted for his hypotheses regarding the relation of language to thinking and cognition and for his studies of Hebrew and Hebrew ideas, of Mexican and Mayan languages and dialects, and of the Hopi language. Under the ...

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  4. ling.yale.edu › history › peopleBenjamin Lee Whorf | Yale Linguistics

    Benjamin Lee Whorf (April 24, 1897 in Winthrop, Massachusetts – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist. Whorf is widely known for his ideas about linguistic relativity, the hypothesis that language influences thought. An important theme in many of his publications, he has been credited as one of the fathers of this approach, often referred ...

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    More than any linguist, Benjamin Lee Whorf has become associated with what he termed the "linguistic relativity principle". Studying Native American languages, he attempted to account for the ways in which grammatical systems and language-use differences affected perception. Whorf's opinions regarding the nature of the relation between language ...

  7. www.encyclopedia.com › benjamin-lee-whorfBenjamin Lee Whorf | Encyclopedia.com

    May 11, 2018 · Benjamin Lee Whorf. American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) is remembered for a group of speculative ideas about thought and language that remain controversial but have exerted strong influence on popular scientific thinking. The most famous of these ideas is the so-called Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, derived largely from Whorf's research ...

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  9. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › Benjamin_WhorfBenjamin Whorf - New World Encyclopedia

    Benjamin Whorf. Benjamin Lee Whorf (April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist, anthropologist, and chemical engineer. Although he never took an academic appointment, his work greatly influenced studies of language, culture, and thinking. He is best known as one of the creators of what came to be called the Sapir–Whorf ...

  10. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleBenjamin Lee Whorf’s theory of language, culture, and ...

    Apr 1, 2005 · In his introduction to Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941), John B. Carroll, a colleague of Whorf, prefaced the collection of essays with a succinct biographical sketch of Whorf. Born in 1897, Whorf was raised in Massachusetts, and graduated in 1918 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

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