WHORF

Meaning of WHORF in English

/hwawrf, wawrf/ , n.

Benjamin Lee , 1897-1941, U.S. linguist.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WHORF — Whorf BrE AmE wɔːf hwɔːf AmE \ wɔːrf hwɔːrf
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — born April 24, 1897, Winthrop, Mass., U.S. died July 26, 1941, Wethersfield, Conn. U.S. linguist. He worked professionally as a …
Английский словарь Британика
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS — sə¦pi(ə)rˈ(h)wȯ(ə)rf- noun Usage: usually capitalized S&W Etymology: after Edward Sapir died 1939 & Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American linguists …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS — /seuh pear"hwawrf", -hwohrf", -wawrf", -wohrf"/ a theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf that states that the structure …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — born April 24, 1897, Winthrop, Mass., U.S. died July 26, 1941, Wethersfield, Conn. U.S. linguist noted for his hypotheses regarding …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS — / səˌpɪə ˈwɔːf haɪpɒθəsɪs; NAmE səˌpɪr ˈwɔːrf haɪpɑːθəsɪs/ noun [ sing. ] ( linguistics ) the theory that the language …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — born April 24, 1897, Winthrop, Mass., U.S. died July 26, 1941, Wethersfield, Conn. U.S. linguist. He worked professionally as a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SAPIR–WHORF HYPOTHESIS — Гипотеза Сепира — Уорфа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BENJAMIN WHORF — Уорф, Бенджамин Ли
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — (1897-1941) Уорф, Бенджамин Ли Лингвист. Получил известность как соавтор гипотезы лингвистической относительности (гипотезы Сепира-Уорфа) [Whorf-Sapir hypothesis, the Whorf (Whorfian) hypothesis], согласно …
WHORF, BENJAMIN LEE — (1897-1941) Уорф, Бенджамин Ли Лингвист. Получил известность как соавтор гипотезы лингвистической относительности (гипотезы Сепира-Уорфа) [Whorf-Sapir hypothesis, the Whorf (Whorfian) hypothesis], …
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — noun Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist Date: 1954 a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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BENJAMIN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Banneker Benjamin Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin Walter Benjamin Kubelsky Bloch Marc Léopold Benjamin Bradlee …
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HAMPER — I. ˈhampə(r), ˈhaam-, ˈhaim- transitive verb ( hampered ; hampered ; hampering -p(ə)riŋ ; hampers ) Etymology: Middle English hamperen: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — ˈ(h)wȯrfēən noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist + English -ian : a theory …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIRT-SLEEVE — adjective also shirt-sleeves or shirt-sleeved ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ 1. a. : being without a coat spoke before a shirt-sleeve audience standing in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METAPHYSICS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|fiziks, -zēks noun plural but usually singular in construction Etymology: plural of metaphysic (I) ; rendering of Medieval Latin metaphysica, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — /hwawr"fee euhn, hwohr"-, wawr"-, wohr"-/ . See Sapir-Whorf hypothesis . [ 1960-65; WHORF + -IAN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — noun Etymology: Benjamin Lee Whorf died 1941 American anthropologist Date: 1954 : a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS — [Whorf.ian hypothesis] n [Benjamin Lee Whorf d. 1941 Am. anthropologist] (1954): a theory in linguistics: one's language determines one's conception …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMANTICS — also called semiotics, semology, or semasiology, the philosophical and scientific study of meaning. The term is one of a group …
Britannica English vocabulary
ETHNOLINGUISTICS — that part of anthropological linguistics concerned with the study of the interrelation between a language and the cultural behaviour of …
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PENUTIAN LANGUAGES — major grouping (phylum or superstock) of American Indian languages, spoken along the west coast of North America from British Columbia …
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NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES — those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican …
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HOPI LANGUAGE — a North American Indian language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona. Hopi is of …
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LEE
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BENJAMIN — n. Banneker Benjamin Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin Walter Benjamin Kubelsky Bloch Marc Léopold Benjamin Bradlee Benjamin Crowninshield Britten of Aldeburgh …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY — our language determines the way we think ( see Whorf).
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
УОРФ, БЕНДЖАМИН ЛИ — Benjamin Whorf
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
УОРФ — (Whorf, Benjamin Lee) (1897-1941), американский лингвист, завоевавший известность своей теорией "лингвистической относительности", согласно которой имеющаяся у человека картина мира в …
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