The immediate sources of the ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’

Historiographia Linguistica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-404

  Joseph, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989364794     PISSN: 03025160     EISSN: 15699781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/hl.23.3.07jos     Document Type: Article

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