Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2005, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 70-75.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2005.06.010

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Contributions of Wilhelm von Humboldt and Benjamin Lee Whorf to the Founding of Contrastive Liguistics

Wen-guo PAN1, Hui-min TAN2   

  • Received:2005-09-05 Online:2005-11-25 Published:2005-06-25

Abstract:

Western contrastivists usually regard 1957 as the starting year of the new discipline"Contrastive Linguistics".It is argued here that the date can be traced back much farther.Among the scholars who have contributed a lot to the founding of the new discipline, the German philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen and the American anthropologist Benjamin Lee Whorf play an important role.

Key words: contrastive linguistics, Humboldt, Whorf

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