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Quote: Hopi call insect, airplane and aviator the same; but Eskimos have many words for snow
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problem of classifying information
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abstraction as part of language
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[Whorf BL 1956 quoting Edward Sapir:] The Hopi actually call insect, airplane, and … This class seems to us too large and … falling snow, snow on the ground, snow packed … Eskimo, this all- inclusive word would be almost … different, different things to contend with; he uses … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: problem of classifying information (41 items)
Topic: abstraction as part of language (18 items)