Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Linguist
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
Haskins Laboratories
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
Linguistic_anthropology
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| gptkbp:awards |
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Chicago
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| gptkbp:born |
April 15, 1897
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| gptkbp:children |
2
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Study of language and thought
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| gptkbp:died |
July 26, 1941
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:MIT
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| gptkbp:famousFor |
Whorfian_hypothesis
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| gptkbp:field |
Linguistics
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Benjamin Lee Whorf
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| gptkbp:influence |
Cognitive science
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Edward_Sapir
|
| gptkbp:influenceOn |
Linguistic_relativity_theory
|
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Linguistic_relativity
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Maya
gptkb:Tzeltal gptkb:Tzotzil English Nahuatl Hopi Zuni Yucatec Maya |
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableWorks |
Language, Thought, and Reality
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| gptkbp:occupation |
Linguist
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| gptkbp:researchFocus |
Native_American_languages
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| gptkbp:researchInterest |
Fieldwork
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| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:scientificName |
Language documentation
Language preservation Philosophy of language Semiotics Cognitive linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Language change Cultural anthropology Language revitalization Language acquisition Language and communication studies Language and cognition studies Language and culture studies Language and society studies Language philosophy Anthropological linguistics Language and identity studies Language and power studies Language and expression studies Language and meaning studies Language and perception studies Language and reality studies Language and representation studies Language and thought experiments. Language and thought studies Linguistic_typology |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Mary_Whorf
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| gptkbp:theory |
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
|