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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf by Benjamin Lee Whorf (Edited By John B. Carroll), John B. Carroll (Editor), John Bissell Carroll, Stuart [Foreword] Chase Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 1964 ISBN-10: 0-262-73006-5 / 0262730065 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-73006-8 / 9780262730068 The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897--1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about i |